"Effective immediately, I am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with Cuba", Trump declared as he made a full-throated verbal assault on the government of Cuban President Raul Castro. "Rather than doubling down on the failed policies of the past, President Trump should build on the new course that President Obama set and recognize that diplomacy and people-to-people ties are the best way to bring democracy and prosperity to the people of Cuba".
Trump's policy keeps a U.S. Embassy open in Havana and allows U.S. airlines and cruise ships to continue service to Cuba.
Marco Rubio made clear his support for the changes and said how many will characterize it as a way to punish the Cuba regime but it will also empower the people of Cuba.
"I can't go back because I'm an official enemy of the state", he explained.
JOHN YANG: Although, in the president's announcement, or the administration announcement last night, they specifically said that that program would remain, would remain in place.
"It sends a powerful message to the Cubans of the importance of returning her", Menendez said in an interview. "Sadly we'll have to live with that again", Yosvany Flores, a young Cuban, told Xinhua.
"I do believe that end is in the very near future", he said.
In 2015, then president Obama set out to restore diplomatic relations with the communist country.
In December 2014, President Obama made strides in the long-strained relationship between the USA and Cuba, passing a deal that re-established the two countries' diplomatic ties.
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Trump previously had said he supported restoring diplomatic relations but wished the US had negotiated a better deal. This restriction will sharply limit numerous purchases and travel decisions Americans in Cuba can make, as the GAESCA's wide-reaching holdings include all of the state hotels, stores and eateries in colonial Old Havana, along with all Cuban stores and supermarkets selling imported goods, Reuters explained.
Online lodging booker Airbnb was allowed into Cuba, and commercial flights between the USA and Cuba resumed after more than half a century. We do not want USA dollars to prop up a military monopoly that exploits and abuses the citizens of Cuba. "I will continue working to protect the lives of oppressed people all over the world and urge the president to prioritize human rights as a guiding principle when crafting foreign policy towards strongmen everywhere, not just the Castro regime".
JOHN YANG: In December 2014, Mr. Obama restored diplomatic ties with the island nation, after more than 50 years of hostility.
Trump's move could cut off near-term sales and stymie economic development that would drive longer-term demand growth, said Tom Sleight, president of the U.S. Grains Council, a grain trade development organization, in a statement.
Cuba functioned as a virtual US colony for much of the 20th century, and even reform-minded Cubans are highly sensitive to perceived USA infringements on national sovereignty.
Weissenstein reported from Havana.
President Trump on Friday moved forward with dismantling his predecessor's historic deal with Cuba. Rubio, who clashed hard with Trump during the GOP presidential primary, pressed him to make good on his promise and played a critical role in developing the policy. Additionally, the announced changes include an exception that will allow for transactions incidental to the sending, processing, and receipt of authorized remittances to the extent they would otherwise be restricted by the new policy limiting transactions with certain identified Cuban military, intelligence, or security services.
Trump responded well to the adoring crowd, even at one point kissing a Cuban dissident on the cheek and pronouncing "Little Havana" with a mimic Cuban accent.
President Donald Trump cheers Cuban born violinist Luis Haza after playing the national anthem during a speech on Cuba policy, Friday, June 16, 2017, in Miami.
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