{"id":236262,"date":"2021-03-17T10:06:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=236262"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:06:20","slug":"bob-menendez-says-he-feels-better-with-the-biden-administration-than-with-obamas-in-terms-of-its-stance-towards-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/bob-menendez-says-he-feels-better-with-the-biden-administration-than-with-obamas-in-terms-of-its-stance-towards-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Men\u00e9ndez says he feels better with the Biden administration than with Obama\u2019s in terms of its stance towards Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban-American Democratic Senator <\/span>Bob Men\u00e9ndez<\/span><\/a> thinks that the White House\u2019s <\/span>statements<\/span><\/a> that Cuba is not a priority for the current administration is because the United States is concentrating on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and other more pressing issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are meeting the challenge of the global pandemic of COVID-19, we are dealing with the issue of China\u2014a threat to the interests of the United States and a power that we are going to have to confront\u2014, and we continue with economic difficulties in the country. The president\u2019s plan that was passed through the House and the Senate, is now headed for his signature and is important to rescue families in this country, their health and economically speaking. Anyway, all those things have taken a priority,\u201d he affirmed in an interview with the Miami channel <\/span>America TV<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the <\/span>program <\/span>A Fondo<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the senator, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Cuba was the main enemy of the United States in the hemisphere because it had its \u201ctentacles\u201d everywhere, mainly in Venezuela, and denied that various socialized political gestures during the last weeks, such as the request of 80 congresspeople to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations and the presentation of various proposals in that regard, are something new. On the contrary, they have been common in other administrations, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMany [especially in Florida] see that any performance is always something threatening. If we are going to see the truth, the participation of all colleagues\u2026, with legislation and letters, has existed for a long time. They existed in the time of President Trump, they also existed during the time of President Obama. There is nothing new in their initiatives,\u201d he noted.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. congresspeople ask Biden for thaw with Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n