Obama to Ease U.S. Telecom Restrictions in Cuba

“The move is part of an effort to open access to the Cuban people,” Meckler reports. “The initiative also includes lifting of long-standing restrictions on family travel and remittances to the island. Family will be loosely defined as a third-degree relative, a definition that was in place during the Clinton administration that extends to second cousins. The money can go to any Cuban, unless he or she is a senior government official.”

Obama to Ease U.S. Telecom Restrictions in Cuba