[20160325]IN10466_奥巴马总统对古巴的历史性访问.pdf

CRS INSIGHTPresident Obamas Historic Visit to CubaMarch 25, 2016 (IN10466) |Related Policy IssueLatin America and the Caribbean Related AuthorMark P. Sullivan |Mark P. Sullivan, Specialist in Latin American Affairs (msullivancrs.loc.gov, 7-7689)President Obama traveled to Cuba from March 20 to 22, 2016the first visit of a U.S. President since Calvin Coolidge visited in 1928. Before the trip, the White House set forth the goals of the visit, stating that the President would build on progress toward normalizing relations, including advancing commercial and people-to-people ties and expressing support for human rights.The trip is the latest significant action by the President since his December 2014 announcement of the major shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba, moving away from a sanctions-based policy toward one of engagement. Since then, the Administration has rescinded Cubas designation as a state sponsor of international terrorism (May 2015) and reestablished diplomatic relations (July 2015). The Treasury and Commerce Departments have conducted four rounds of regulatory changes, the most recent on March 16, 2016, to ease the economic embargo that was first imposed in 1962. These chan