{"id":234779,"date":"2021-02-17T11:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=234779"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:10:40","slug":"cuba-study-group-proposes-to-biden-roadmap-to-approach-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/cuba-study-group-proposes-to-biden-roadmap-to-approach-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Study Group proposes to Biden roadmap to approach Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the arrival at the White House of Democrat <\/span>Joe Biden<\/span><\/a>, who was vice president of Barack Obama\u2014the U.S. president who launched the thaw with Havana with the phrase \u201cthis conflict began before I was born\u201d\u2014, a basically Cuban-American study and analysis group has launched a document that proposes to the current president that he resume ties with the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe urgency of the moment, compounded by Cuba\u2019s needs in the midst of the most serious economic crisis it has faced in a generation, calls for bold action. If both countries do not achieve a comprehensive policy of rapprochement this time and do not set the path to normalization on firmer ground, we fear that there will not be another opportunity like this for many years,\u201d says <\/span>the 26-page proposal to Biden<\/span><\/a>, prepared by the Cuba Study Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not in the driver\u2019s seat, we can just make recommendations,\u201d the president of the group, Carlos Saladrigas, commented in an electronic press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saladrigas is not new to initiatives to strengthen ties between the two countries. He has traveled to the island, has dialogued with civil society and has given lectures on the private sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not for nothing that the document emphasizes the need to expand the participation of Cuban Americans in the island\u2019s private sector, whose margin has recently been expanded. \u201c(The document) is a robust defense of the policy of making connections because it is the only way to achieve what we are setting out to do. The important thing is that the Cuban government creates opportunities for Cuban Americans to integrate into society and contribute to the future,\u201d Saladrigas explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. civil society organizations urge President Biden to normalize relations with Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n