ton 1999) Clinton stated, The United States will continue to urge the international community to do more to promote respect for human rights and democratic transition in Cuba. (Clinton 1999) He has also suspended a provision in the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act. (Clinton 1999) This Act allows people who left Cuba, during the revolution, to file suit against Cuba, claiming the property that was confiscated by the government. The reason for this six-month suspension would be to not create tension between our governments when we are trying to create democracy in Cuba.Also stated by the president, an effort to establish direct mail service to Cuba, as provided for in the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992. (Clinton 1999) He also authorized selling food to independent entities, for instance private farmers and family restaurants. (Clinton 1999) One of the most popular steps in helping the Cuban people is that Clinton has allowed other cities besides Havana to accept planes that now can be chartered from places other than Miami. These flights would only be for helping to reunite families and would mostly benefit the people still living in Cuba. Congress also has also been involved with the decisions about Cuba. In 1992 the passed the Cuban Democracy Act, which prohibits foreign-based subsidiaries of U.S. companies from Trading with Cuba, travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, and family remittances to Cuba. The law Allows private groups to deliver food and medicine to Cuba. (Congress 1992) As we speak, there is a notion in the senate for the repeal of the trade embargo. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war, relations with Cuba have improved. This, coupled with Cubas economic problems because of the fall of the Soviet Union, which supplied Cuba with economic support, is leading Cuba towards a more democratic government. Foreign and domestic polices are something that we have been concentrating on quite...
