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Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, Nancy Pelosi, asserted on February 19 in Havana: “We want to make progress in the political, cultural and economic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, because the blockade hasn’t had any success.”
There is strong two-party support for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the U.S. on Cuba, pointed out Pelosi. Nevertheless, “it’s not complete, there are still divisions between those who have the power to debate a bill,” she explained.
While referring to their three-day visit, Pelosi pointed out: “We are very pleased with the work, because this visit is aimed at seeing how we can advance towards the future, and we are very enthusiastic about the potential of the plans we have talked about,” ACN reported.
In a press conference along with a group of congresspersons on a visit to Cuba, the Democratic legislator commented that she takes with her a lot of information for her colleagues of the Republican Party.
Pelosi added: “We agreed on many things and disagreed on others, but this will help us take huge steps from now on. The next thing would be to remove Cuba from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.”
The reestablishment of the bipartisan work group on Cuba was among the announcements made by the delegation of U.S. congresspersons. This will contribute, said Peterson, “to push the Republican leadership so there is a bit of democracy in Congress, we debate, and initiatives are voted.”
Two months after the announcements made by presidents Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, this delegation of nine U.S. congresspersons had intense days of work in Havana, which included meetings with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez; 20 deputies of the Cuban Parliament, headed by its vice-president, Ana María Mary Machado; and Deputy Minister for Foreign Investment, Ileana Núñez; the visit also included a tour of the Latin American Medical School, among other activities.
As recently informed by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the second round of talks between the two governments on the reestablishment of diplomatic relations will take place in Washington D.C. on February 27.
