Cuba presses US to end embargo
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2009 | 5:08 PM
Cuba is claiming that US President Barack Obama is not doing enough to end the 47-year trade embargo against the island.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has described the policy as absurd and said it should be lifted without conditions.
His comments come a day after Mr Obama renewed the sanctions for another year.
Relations between the two countries have eased in recent months, with Cuban Americans now being allowed to visit relatives on the island at any time.
Speaking at a news conference in Havana, Mr Rodriguez said the US sanctions were part of the policy of total unilateral aggression and isolation, and he called for them to be lifted.