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Trump’s New Cuba Sanctions Miss Their Mark

By William M. LeoGrande

Regulations on travel and trade will likely have little impact on Cuba’s government, hurting ordinary Cubans instead.

After two years of restored diplomatic ties, new U.S. regulations on Cuba are bringing back a thicket of travel, financial and trade restrictions – and a tougher stance toward the island. The goal of these restrictions, according to U.S. President Donald Trump, is to starve the Cuban government of money from travel, remittances and commercial ties. But the real victims of the new sanctions will be U.S. residents whose right to travel is curtailed, Cuban families...

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