USCCB committee chair backs bills on exports, travel to Cuba
June 25, 2015
The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace has expressed his support for the Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015, sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ).
“Our Conference has long spoken out against the negative effects of the US trade and travel embargo of Cuba,” Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said in a June 22 letter. “We hold that the way to encourage religious freedom and human rights in Cuba is through dialogue and reconciliation between the United States and Cuba, and within Cuban society. To accomplish this, the trade and travel embargo must be lifted.”
“We share in the view of the Catholic bishops of Cuba that engagement is the path to greater democracy and respect for human rights,” he added. “Please resist any effort to return to the failed policies of the past and continue to support engagement as the road to a better future for both Americans and Cubans.”
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