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Cuba not doing enough, Obama maintains
19.10.2010
United States policy toward Cuba will remain unchanged despite Cuba's release of imprisoned dissidents and its announced changes in economic structure.
That's not enough, President Obama told Hispanic reporters Tuesday at a Washington gathering. No transcript of the meeting was made immediately available by the White House.
"Any release of political prisoners, any economic liberalization that takes place in Cuba is positive, positive for Cuban people, but we've not yet seen the full results of these promises," Obama said, according to Agence France-Presse.
"We want to continue to explore the possibilities of changing relations [...] but before we take any more steps, we want to see that the Castro regime is serious about different ways to deal with the situation," Obama said, quoted by El Nuevo Herald.
"We need more information before we make a definitive decision or take additional steps," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
As to the release of prisoners, "there are still political prisoners in Cuba," the president said. He did not go into specific figures.
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