Biden’s remarks disappoint leaders in Havana. Before Biden came to office, they hoped he would follow in President Barack Obama’s footsteps and thaw relations with the island, reversing Trump’s actions that tightened the Cold War-era U.S. embargo.
On the campaign trail, Biden said he would reverse policies on Cuba that “have inflicted harm on the Cuban people and done nothing to advance democracy and human rights.”
Joe Biden wounds Cuba, Venezuela and China’s hopes of Obama-style detente
The American president said the U.S. stands with Cuban protesters and condemned “decades of repression” by “Cuba’s authoritarian regime.”
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