THE NEW YORK TIMES - SEPT. 18, 2015
WASHINGTON
— The White House on Friday announced wide-ranging changes to loosen
travel, commerce and investment restrictions on Cuba, moving to fulfill President Obama’s goal of breaking down barriers between Washington and Havana even as the American embargo remains in place.
The
rules will allow American companies, including telecommunications and
Internet providers, to open locations and hire workers in Cuba,
facilitate financial transactions between the two nations and remove
limits on the sums that can be taken to the island nation. They are to
take effect on Monday on the eve of the visit to Washington by Pope Francis, a proponent of the reconciliation who quietly helped broker the agreement between Mr. Obama and President Raúl Castro last year.
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