1/ #Cuba is hopeful U.S. President Joe #Biden will swiftly reverse his predecessor’s hardline approach toward the island and resume the policy of detente begun by the Obama administration, top official @CarlosFdeCossio told Reuters. https://reut.rs/3p7p20q

Not only is suspending #Cuba sanctions that inhibit Covid-19 response efforts the right thing to do, it is also supported by a majority of Cuban-Americans, including many who backed Trump, per the October 2020 #FIUCubaPoll. https://cri.fiu.edu/research/cuba-poll/2020-fiu-cuba-poll.pdf @fiucri @GrenierGJ

.@CubaStudyGroup would also recommend @WhiteHouse restore public health cooperation w/ #Cuba in response to ongoing Covid spread by reinstituting the 2016 MOU between @HHSGov & @MINSAPCuba, focusing on info exchanges & facilitating acquisition of proven vaccines & therapies.

Full statement here: http://cubastudygroup.org/press_releases/organizations-call-for-cuba-sanctions-suspension-to-facilitate-humanitarian-and-medical-supplies-amid-covid-19-pandemic/