Breaking: Obama Lifting Sanctions on Cuba!

Well, what did you expect from one commie to another?  Cuba still has a terrible human rights record and opposes us at every turn, yet that’s not going to stop Obama from rewarding a Communist dictatorship.

From FoxNews

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Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs and presidential aide Dan Restrepo made the announcement during his daily briefing with reporters, ahead of the president’s attendance this weekend at a Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.

“The president is taking some concrete steps today to bring about some much needed change that will benefit the people of Cuba, that will increase the freedom they have and more importantly to allow Cuban Americans to see their families and send them money,” Gibbs said.

“We want to increase the flow among Cubans and between Cubans and the outside world,” Restrepo, a special assistant to the president, said.

Republican Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida and Mario Diaz-Balart — both of Florida — called the president’s decision a “serious mistake,” and decried any policy changes that could bring the Cuban government income while its leadership continues to oppress individual liberties like freedom of speech.

“President Obama has committed a serious mistake by unilaterally increasing Cuban-American travel and remittance dollars for the Cuban dictatorship,” they said in a joint statement.

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Other steps taken Monday include expanding the things allowed in gift parcels being sent to Cuba, such as clothes, personal hygiene items, seeds, fishing gear and other personal necessities.

The administration also will begin issuing licenses to allow telecommunications and other companies to provide cell and television services to people on the island, and to allow family members to pay for relatives on Cuba to get those services, the official said.

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