Barack Obama: “Our new approach to Cuba is not based on the premise that the human…”

On the recordApril 25, 2016

Our new approach to Cuba is not based on the premise that the human rights situation there has improved.

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Obama clarified that U.S. policy change is not due to improved human rights in Cuba.

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