Cuba accepts US migration talks

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Source: BBC News

Havana has agreed to resume talks with Washington on immigration by Cubans to the US, the state department says.

A top US official said Cuba had sent a diplomatic note accepting a recent US invitation to restart the talks.

The official said Cuba was also ready to cooperate with the US on direct mail services, as well as fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, reports said.

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The unnamed state department official described the latest development as "a very positive step forward", but said no timescale had been agreed for the talks.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8076007.stm

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1. Excellent. nt

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2. Ever little bit of diplomacy helps.

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3. Then I guess that this move by the Obama admin wasn't so helpful.

The Obama admin is putting on a smiley face in public, but behind the scenes stepping up the enforcement of counterproductive sanctions against Cuba.

At the request of Obama's Treasury Dept's Office of Foreign Assets and Control (OFAC)...

Microsoft blocks Messenger in Cuba
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x15522

If a major complaint about Cuba is that Cubans don't have enough access to modes of free expression, then just why would the Obama admin push this?

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