Roberta S. Jacobson: “I think the President has made very clear that Congress is the only body that can lift the embargo.”

Most human rights abuses were official acts committed at the direction of the government.

Venezuelans need to talk to Venezuelans.

But comprehensive changes in our economic relationship will require congressional action to lift the embargo, and the President has urged Congress to begin that effort.

As we move the process ahead, we hope we can also work together to find common ground toward our shared goal of enabling the Cuban people to freely determine their own future.