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> But in one of his final attempts to normalize relations with Cuba, President Barack Obama in January ended the program, which had allowed Cuban doctors statio
by huac 9y ago
> But in one of his final attempts to normalize relations with Cuba, President Barack Obama in January ended the program, which had allowed Cuban doctors stationed in other countries to get permanent residency visas for the United States.
When I visited Cuba this spring, there was a palpable level of resentment towards Obama for this change, as well as the end of the 'wet feet dry feet' policy [1]. Tourism dollars are good but probably not worth giving up 'plan B.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_feet,_dry_feet_policy
- microcolonel 9y agoIt's funny how the first priority of the Cuban government in those negotiations was to prevent the people from being able to leave. The second priority was to pimp out the people for more pocket money. Now that's Progressive.™