US Business Groups Urge Obama to End Cuban Embargo

By Doug Palmer  (Editing by Jackie Frank)
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4B36G620081204
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-electBarack Obama should start soon to loosen five decades of trade curbs on Cuba and begin a comprehensive review of U.S. policy toward the communist-run island, U.S. business groups said on Thursday.
“We support the complete removal of all trade and travel restrictions on Cuba. We recognize that [...]

Cuba: a change in sight?

By Patricia Gogg
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44356
 
HAVANA, Oct 20 (IPS) – If elected, Democratic candidate Barack Obama could become the first United States president to engage in talks with Cuba after almost five decades of severed relations, but it will all depend on his refraining from trying to “control” a process that involves two sides, say academics from this [...]