President Bush may reduce amount of money families can send to Cuba

[Mika]

This has the Miami Cuban community UP IN ARMS.

They are just begging for John Kerry to come on strong with some threats agin evildoer Castro.


President Bush may reduce amount of money families can send to Cuba
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-acuba23apr23,0,4230333.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla

WASHINGTON · The Bush administration is considering making significant cuts in the amount of money Americans are allowed to send to family and others in Cuba, according to sources familiar with the discussions of the president's Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba.

One proposal under review would temporarily freeze all remittances -- possibly for six months -- after which the administration would reinstate them at much lower levels than currently allowed.

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President Bush, who will be in Coral Gables today for a fund-raiser, has been criticized by some Cuban-Americans who say he has not lived up to campaign promises to take a harder line on Castro.

Estimates of the amount of money sent each year to Cuba range from $100 million to five or even 10 times that much. Experts say remittances and tourism are the two largest sources of cash for the Cuban government.

Kerry needs git to Miami to spread the hardline Dem message to the exiles - USA = good | Cuba = bad

[Moderator]

1. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x505078