U.S. Lawmakers Urge End to U.S. Embargo on Cuba
713 views · Published 9 April 2009 · 2:26 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Members of a U.S. congressional delegation say they will recommend that President Obama lift the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and hold a dialogue with Havana in pursuit of normalizing relations between the two long-estranged countries. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke after returning from a trip to Cuba. They met there with the current and former presidents of the island-nation, Raul Castro and his elder brother, Fidel.
