Obama’s Cuba Policy Risks an Opportunity   Press speculation and
reports this morning indicate that the President will lift
travel restrictions on Cuban American travel to Cuba as well as
the sending of remittances and other items to the island. There
is no indication that the administration will go beyond those
measures.  An urgent goal of the regime is the lifting of the
embargo which will mean access to loans from international
financial institutions.  To date, the regime has squandered
hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign assistance and loans.
The Center for a Free Cuba supports emergency and humanitarian
travel to the island; indeed, while strongly opposing all
tourist travel by any American, including Cuban-Americans, CFC
supports humanitarian and emergency travel by any Americans to
the island as often as necessary.  The real issue is not whether
someone needs to travel to Cuba to be with a very sick relative
or with a friend just injured in a serious traffic accident, but
the flow of unlimited