The White House On Implementing Cuba Remittance Recommendations Received On 31 August 2021: “some of these issues are challenging...”
/Mr. Juan Gonzalez
Senior Director- Western Hemisphere Affairs
National Security Council
The White House
Washington DC
The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida
29 September 2021
"The Biden administration is expected to announce a decision regarding remittances to Cuba, after a working group set to study the issue offered recommendations to the White House at the end of August. Official money transfers have been suspended since 2020, and the administration said it is looking at ways to allow remittances while minimizing the cut taken by the Cuban government. Biden also ordered his team to study how to help provide uncensored internet service to the Cubans, after the government cut access during the protests.
But the administration is not close to making an announcement yet because “some of these issues are challenging,” said Gonzalez. “The focus is to try to make sure that we come out with something that moves the ball forward in trying to get direct support to the Cuban people. And so we’re not going to rush that. We want to get it right.“"
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