was when i got phone call from john kerry and i told him that if they think this is going to bring about democracy in cuba, they re out of their minds. this will set it back. i want you to listen to this specific comment by the president. some of you have looked to us as a source of hope and we will continue to shine a light of freedom. others have seen us as a former colonizer, intent on controlling your future. today, i m being honest with you. we can never erase the history between us. but we believe you should be empowered to live with dignity and self determination. dur thing spanish war, we
doing this. i asked the president s sn m nominee for assistant secretary of state and he was evasive on his answers and he was equally evasive. but they ve said that any sort of dramatic changes in cuba would require consultations with congress. but the first i heard about this was when i got phone call from john kerry and i told him that if they think this is going to bring about democracy in cuba, they re out of their minds. this will set it back. i want you to listen to this specific comment by the president. some of you have looked to us as a source of hope and we will continue to shine a light of freedom.
their political, social and economic activities. in that spirit, we should not allow u.s. sanctions to add to the burden of cuban citizens that we seek to help. to the cuban people, america extends a hand of friendship. some of you have looked to us as a source of hope. we will continue to shine a light of freedom. others have seen us as a former colonizer, intent on controlling your future. jose marte once said, liberty is the right of every man to be honest. today, i m being honest with you. we can never erase the history between us. but we believe that you should be empowered to live with dignity and self-determination. humans have a saying about daily life, it s not easy. today, the united states wants to be a partner in making the lives of ordinary cubans a little bit easier, more free, more prosperous.
cubans by ending unnecessary restrictions on their political, social and economic activities, and that spirit which not allow u.s. sanctions to add to the burden of cuban citizens that we seek to help. to the cuban people, america stands a friendship. some of you looks to us with a sense of hope and we will continue to shine a light of freedom. others have seen us as a colonizer intent on controlling your future. jose once that liberty is the right of every man to be honest. today i m being honest with you. with every race in history between us, but we believe you should be empowered to live with dignity and self determination. cubans have a saying about daily life. it s not easy. today as it must be a partner to make the lives of ordinary cubans a little easier, more free, more prosperous.
million cubans by ending unnecessary restrictions on their political, social, and economic activities. in that spirit, we should not allow u.s. sanctions to add to the burden of cuban citizens that we seek to help. to the cuban people, america extends a hand of friendship. some of you have looked to us as a source of hope, and we will continue to shine a light of freedom. others have seen us as a former come onizer content on controlling your future. liberty is the right of every man to be honest, today, i m being honest with you. we can never erase the history between us, but we shall that you should be empowered to live with dignity and self-determination. cubans have a saying about daily life. it s not easy. today the united states wants to be a partner in making the lives of ordinary cubans a little bit easier.