Cuba calls US measures positive, but far from enough

(CNN): Cuba onSunday called President Barack Obama’s latest easing of travel restrictions to the island nation "positive" but accused Washington of continuing its policy of "destabilization." On Friday, the White House announced it would allow more academic, cultural and religious travel, non-family remittances and would pave the way for more airports to service flights to Cuba. "Although the measures are positive, they fall short of justified demands," Cuba’s Foreign Ministrysaid in a statement. "These measures confirm that there is no willingness to change the policy of blockade and destabilization against Cuba," it added, noting that the measures do nothing to alter the decades-old US trade embargo.

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