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14 December 2011 President Obama on Legacy of Cuban Activist Laura Pollán  "The United States is steadfast in supporting the simple desire of the Cuban people to freely determine their future and to enjoy the rights and freedoms that define the Americas, and that should be universal to all human beings. I remain committed to supporting civil society in Cuba, including by protecting the ability of Cuban Americans to support their families in Cuba through unrestricted family visits and remittances."

25 March 2011 Cuba's Release of Last Political Prisoners from 2003 Crackdown  State Department statement by Acting Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner.

14 January 2011 White House Statement on Reaching Out to the Cuban People   Today, President Obama has directed the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security to take a series of steps to continue efforts to reach out to the Cuban people in support of their desire to freely determine their country's future.  The President has directed that changes be made to regulations and policies governing:  (1) purposeful travel; (2) non-family remittances; and (3) U.S. airports supporting licensed charter flights to and from Cuba.  These measures will increase people-to-people contact; support civil society in Cuba; enhance the free flow of information to, from, and among the Cuban people; and help promote their independence from Cuban authorities.

08 July 2010 Clinton: Release of Cuban Political Prisoners a Positive Sign   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States welcomes the announcement that Cuba will release 52 political dissidents who have been imprisoned since 2003, describing the move as "a positive sign." Speaking with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the State Department July 8, Clinton said the apparent agreement between Cuban authorities and the Roman Catholic Church that led to the announcement is encouraging.

20 November 2009 Obama Tells Blogger He Wants Greater Freedom for Cubans  Renowned Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez had seven questions for President Obama related to the U.S.-Cuba relationship, the Cuban exile community in the United States, and Cuba’s emerging civil society groups. As she wrote in her blog, Generacíon Y, she directed separate sets of questions to President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro because “I want to know, from my diminutive position as a citizen, how this dispute is going to play out, when will it cease to be the central theme in every aspect of our lives.”

19 November 2009 U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on Travel to Cuba  The U.S. Congress is looking at removing a decades-old policy that restricts travel by Americans to Cuba. “U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe — with one exception: Cuba. It’s time for us to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War,” two influential members of Congress said in a recent opinion article in the Miami Herald newspaper.

04 June 2009 United States Welcomes OAS Resolution on Cuba  The U.S. welcomes a decision by the Organization of American States to lift a 47-year-old suspension against Cuba and allow Cuba to be readmitted when it makes a commitment to the organization’s democratic values, the State Department said in a prepared statement.

01 June 2009 U.S., Cuba Agree to Resume Talks on Immigration, Direct Mail  Cuban officials signaled to the U.S. that they want to resume talks on the legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and resume direct mail service between the two nations, a senior U.S. official says. The Cubans also indicated they want to hold talks with the United States on drug trafficking, fighting terrorism, and hurricane and disaster preparedness and response, the senior State Department official said during a background briefing May 31.

21 April 2009 Obama Says U.S., Cuba Taking Critical Steps Toward a New Day  The fifth Summit of the Americas helped serve as the setting for the United States to re-engage with the nations of the Western Hemisphere and provided a significant moment for President Obama to "seek a new beginning with Cuba."

13 April 2009 Obama to Allow More Travel, Money Transfers to Cuba  The U.S. will allow Cuban Americans unlimited travel and money transfers to family in Cuba, the White House says. Cuban Americans may also send clothes, personal hygiene items, seeds, fishing gear and other personal necessities to family members in Cuba. Businesses will be able to obtain licenses to sell cellular telephones, television services and other telecommunications devices to Cubans, with family members in the U.S. allowed to pay for them.
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