Obama eases ban on Cuba travel
Published:Thursday | July 30, 2009 | 5:19 PM
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama has approved measures that will allow Cuban Americans to travel more freely to Cuba.
He says further that Cuban-Americans will also be allowed to send more money to relatives in Cuba.
Mr Obama last month signed a spending bill, easing some economic sanctions on Cuba.
Mr Gibbs says the aim is to promote democracy and human rights on the Caribbean island.
The spokesman added that the President has directed the secretaries of state, treasury and commerce to carry out the actions necessary to lift all restrictions on the ability of individuals to visit family members in Cuba and to send them remittances.
The US has had a full embargo on trade with Cuba since 1962.