{"id":253064,"date":"2022-05-19T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T21:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=253064"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T21:50:45","slug":"havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana after announcement of Biden administration\u2019s changes in Cuba policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday morning seemed like any other day in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/havana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Havana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One more day in the most recent Havana, still shaken by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/saratoga-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saratoga Hotel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tragedy and hit by other more silent and daily pains, by the deadly weight of crisis and shortages that everyone tries to overcome with more or less luck, with more or less dignity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People mill around the streets, walking slowly or hurriedly, wearing their mask better or worse \u2014 except for not a few tourists, unpunished and impudent in the face of the sanitary measures still in force on the island due to the pandemic \u2014, in queues and queue projects, on buses and at bus stops, in commuting to work and the daily \u201cstruggle,\u201d apparently on the margin, or at least unaware at that moment, of the new laws approved by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuban-national-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Assembly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also of the changes in the United States\u2019 policy towards Cuba announced this Monday by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden Administration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat the Americans did what?\u201d asks a man who I ask about this last issue at a crowded bus stop in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Curita Park<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, still unaware of the announced resumption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuban-family-reunification-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Reunification Program<\/a>, the elimination of the limit on\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and the authorization of flights from U.S. airports to the island\u2019s provinces, among other measures reported by the State Department \u201cto increase support for the Cuban people\u201d in line with its known \u201cnational security interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kxnvEE0lEb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/changes-in-cuba-policy-announced\/\">Changes in Cuba policy announced<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Changes in Cuba policy announced&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/changes-in-cuba-policy-announced\/embed\/#?secret=CGdb4vcQ77#?secret=kxnvEE0lEb\" data-secret=\"kxnvEE0lEb\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAh, yes, I heard something about that yesterday,\u201d tells me another, whom I approach near the first one, \u201cbut the truth is that I didn\u2019t pay much attention to the news. I was busy doing other things, you know.\u2026 But from what I heard, it seems like a good thing, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is, after several attempts at dialogue, the general impression conveyed to me by those who briefly agree to answer me, courteous or uncomfortable at my request, attentive to the arrival of a bus, a van or any other means of transportation that gets them out of there, or those who in the middle of the morning walk, more or less in a hurry, around the central Havana park and its surrounding streets: what was reported this Monday by the U.S. government is, after all, \u201csomething good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some practically find out from me, when I tell them about the general aspects of what was announced in search of a possible assessment, but others have already had the opportunity to \u201cknow more\u201d about what it is about, and have even searched the internet, like Carlos, \u201cso no one comes to me with the gossip.\u201d For him, who is on his way to work, the Biden administration\u2019s changes are in tune with what the Democratic president had promised during his electoral campaign, and are, without a doubt, \u201ca relief\u201d in the midst of the difficult economic situation the island is experiencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf more remittances can enter, flights from the United States increase and people from there begin to come in exchange groups, that will be good for many Cubans who will be able to improve and, in general, it should also be good for the entire country,\u201d the young man argues. \u201cIt is true that not everyone receives money or has businesses that can benefit from these measures, but I think that many people could benefit in one way or another, as happened during the Obama era.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-253064 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_12-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_12-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_12-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_12-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253070'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople at a bus stop in El Curita Park, in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration\u2019s announcement of changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-18\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_13-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_13-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_13-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_13-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253071'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople at a bus stop in El Curita Park, in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration\u2019s announcement of changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-19\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_14-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_14-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_14-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_14-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253072'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople next to a van. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-16\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_10-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_10-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_10-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_10-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253069'>\n\t\t\t\tA private transportation car, in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_6-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_6-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_6-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_6-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253068'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_4-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_4-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_4-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253067'>\n\t\t\t\t Tourists without masks in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration\u2019s announcement of changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also what Osmany thinks, waiting with his pedicab near the nearby Parque de la Fraternidad for a client who needs his services. \u201cIf more money and more people come in from the United States, there must be more movement, more business,\u201d he reflects with \u201cstreet\u201d wisdom. \u201cEven the dollar could begin to fall, or, at least, stop rising \u2014 this very Tuesday the informal exchange rate was around 115 Cuban pesos (CUP) per dollar \u2014 which at the rate we are going, nobody knows how far it can go. But for that, the government has to do its part and start accepting it again in the bank, in the freely convertible currency (MLC) accounts, or else all those dollars are going to leave the same way they entered, to Panama or Nicaragua.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolando, for his part, although he appreciates that what was announced by Washington is \u201cstill very little\u201d \u2014 in line with what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/minrex-reacts-to-announcement-of-changes-in-u-s-policy-towards-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Cuban government said about the measures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he classified as \u201cpositive, but of very limited scope\u201d \u2014, he does consider that, along with the rest of the changes, the U.S. intention is \u201cimportant,\u201d to provide \u201csupport\u201d on issues such as connectivity and training to entrepreneurs and private businesses, whose role he considers \u201cincreasingly fundamental\u201d in the economic scenario of the island. And although he acknowledges that there may be \u201csecond intentions\u201d in what has been announced, he says that it is \u201cnecessary\u201d to assess the proposals \u201cwithout fear\u201d and \u201cget the most out of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This retired accountant, who works advising self-employed workers, assures that in Cuba \u201cwe cannot be naive with the aid that comes from the United States, but we cannot close ourselves to everything that comes from there, just because it is from the United States.\u201d \u201cWith Obama many opportunities opened up that we didn\u2019t know how to take full advantage of here, out of suspicion and I think also out of inexperience, and then Trump came along and was able to reverse everything with a stroke of the pen. If some things had been arranged better, without giving in politically, things rooster would have been different. Now we have to see what can happen from now on,\u201d he estimated pragmatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fmy91XEwmz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/biden-finally-cracks-the-door-open-to-cuba\/\">Biden finally cracks the door open to Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Biden finally cracks the door open to Cuba&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/biden-finally-cracks-the-door-open-to-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=1a3cl7pOY2#?secret=fmy91XEwmz\" data-secret=\"fmy91XEwmz\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>With visa and without visa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar\u00eda del Carmen, who works in a nearby office from which she left \u201cfor a moment to do some paperwork,\u201d thinks that the best thing about the announcement is \u201cthat many people who have been waiting for years for family reunification will finally be able to be with their loved ones. It\u2019s not easy to spend so much time waiting,\u201d she says and tells me that a friend of hers, who like so many Cubans has had her life on hold since those procedures were stopped, called her \u201cvery happy\u201d the night before, after speaking with her relatives who \u201care out there.\u201d \u201cAnd like her there must be a lot of people, and I don\u2019t have anyone who can claim me,\u201d she regrets with a certain mischief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irene, who is studying medicine and whom I meet in uniform on Calle Reina, also considers that the U.S. government\u2019s reestablishment of the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) Program is the \u201cbest news\u201d for many Cubans \u201cfrom here and from there,\u201d because \u201cthey are going to be able to fulfill their dream\u201d of reuniting as a family, while also celebrating the increase in the processing of immigrant visas in Havana, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which restarted in a limited manner this May 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after its suspension due to the mysterious health incidents reported by US .d.iplomats, which were initially classified as \u201cattacks\u201d and whose cause has not yet been determined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the young woman\u2019s opinion, the fact that the United States allows the entry of a greater number of Cubans by legal means and that the processing of visas in the Cuban capital is being restored \u201calbeit little by little,\u201d can help \u201cless people leave.\u201d However, she is aware that this fact, by itself, will not stop the bleeding of the last six months, in which more than 100,000 Cubans have already entered U.S. territory. Among them, she tells me, are some of her uncles and cousins, who \u201cleft together in April and have already arrived,\u201d while some classmates who flew to Nicaragua weeks ago \u201care still at it, I think they are in Mexico now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hO9oo79Dnk\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/cuba-united-states-will-diplomacy-return-hand-in-hand-with-the-migration-issue\/\">Cuba-United States: Will diplomacy return hand in hand with the migration issue?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba-United States: Will diplomacy return hand in hand with the migration issue?&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/cuba-united-states-will-diplomacy-return-hand-in-hand-with-the-migration-issue\/embed\/#?secret=yZz9EL5zVi#?secret=hO9oo79Dnk\" data-secret=\"hO9oo79Dnk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A street vendor agrees with her. He prefers not give me his name and, however, openly confesses to me that he is collecting his \u201cmoney\u201d to leave Cuba \u201cas soon as he has a chance.\u201d The man, who rests in the shade with his merchandise a few blocks from the damaged Saratoga Hotel, explains to me that \u201cno matter how many visas the Americans give out,\u201d many Cubans will continue to leave irregularly because \u201cthey don\u2019t see how they can move forward in this country,\u201d \u201chow to prosper,\u201d and because they also do not have a legal way to settle outside the island and, in particular, in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m glad that they\u2019re giving a safe conduct (meaning a visa) to everyone they can, that those who have been waiting for a long time can leave, but many people don\u2019t have a way to legally go there, nor do they want to stay and wait and see if this (Cuba) improves,\u201d he points out, \u201cso buy something to help me, let\u2019s see if I can spend Christmas on the other side this year, brother. Did you see how I know English?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearby, in a crowded queue to buy chicken, a stocky mulatto woman quickly cuts off my attempt at dialogue and brings me back to the reality of many other Cubans. \u201cOh, boy,\u201d she tells me sincerely and slyly, \u201cstop asking so many questions, people here aren\u2019t here for that now. All that about the U.S. changes, about remittances and visas, sounds very nice, but right now the problem of those of us who are here is different. When I buy the chicken, cook it and eat it, then I\u2019ll see how all that can work for me, if it works for me. For now, everything the same for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-253064 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_5-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_5-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_5-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_5-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253073'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople in a queue in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-21\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_8-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_8-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_8-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_8-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253074'>\n\t\t\t\t People in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-22\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_9-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_9-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_9-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_9-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253075'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_11-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_11-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_11-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_11-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253076'>\n\t\t\t\tPeople in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-24\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_16-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_16-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_16-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_16-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253077'>\n\t\t\t\t People in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodr\u00edguez.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-after-announcement-of-biden-administrations-changes-in-cuba-policy\/attachment\/fotos-de-calle-25\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_18-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_18-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_18-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cuba_otm_18-1-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253078'>\n\t\t\t\t  People in Havana, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, one day after the Biden administration announced changes in policy towards Cuba. 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