Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Peter DeShazo, director of the CSIS Americas Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "EU Agrees to Lift 5-Year-Old Sanctions on Cuba."
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Peter DeShazo, director of the CSIS Americas Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "EU Agrees to Lift 5-Year-Old Sanctions on Cuba."
The European Union on Thursday agreed to lift its diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposed tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations, officials said.
The U.S., which has maintained a decades-long trade embargo against Cuba, criticized the move, saying there were no significant signs the communist island was easing a dictatorship. An independent analyst predicted it would have no affect on U.S. policy toward the Caribbean island.
Peter De Shazo, Americas Program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the ''decision will not affect the U.S. position toward Cuba'' because the policy is largely fixed by legislation with key changes conditioned on a transition to democracy. Read the article
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