Barack Obama is preparing to relax restrictions on travel to Cuba. Photo: REUTERS From The Telegraph:
Barack Obama is preparing to relax restrictions on travel to Cuba as the Caribbean island marks the 50th anniversary this week of Fidel Castro's socialist revolution.
The President-Elect will move "very quickly" after his inauguration on January 20 to make it easier for Cuban-Americans to visit and send money back to relatives in Cuba, according to a Latin American adviser to Mr Obama's transition team.
Cuban experts expect him to offer to negotiate to end the five-decade-long economic embargo during his first term in exchange for Cuba releasing political prisoners.
In Havana, Cubans are waiting to see if Fidel Castro, now 82, will appear in public on New Year's Day to mark the 50th anniversary of his seizure of power. It would be his first public appearance since July 2006, just before he had intestinal surgery and ceded power to his 77-year-old brother, Raul.
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