Trump to reverse Obama Cuba policy

Washington, June 17
US President Donald Trump is expected to reverse his predecessor Barack Obama’s Cuba policy by restricting the flow of money to the oppressive elements of the country’s military, intelligence and security services and ensuring that the statutory ban on the tourism is strictly enforced, an officials said today.
While a formal announcement in this regard would be made by Trump in Miami later in the day, officials at the White House said the reversal of Obama’s Cuba policy was about meeting one of the US President’s top campaign promise.
“One key thing to note about the policy is that it directs the Secretary of the Treasury and Comamerce to change their regulations on the topic. No changes go into effect until those regulations are promulgated,” a senior White House official told reporters.
The official was speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of Trump’s expected announcement about the reversal later in the day.
The official noted that during the campaign last year, Trump received an endorsement from the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association, the first presidential endorsement this group has ever made, at their museum in Little Havana, Miami.
“The president has repeatedly said he was ‘honoured and humbled’ to have received that endorsement from these veterans, recognising that they were fighting to restore liberty and justice for the people of Cuba,” the official said.