A discussion at the conservative Heritage Foundation gave rise to searching questions about President Joe Biden’s recent moves to ease restrictions on Cuba and Venezuela—including its actions to step up Venezuelan oil production.
“At a time when the Biden administration is restricting domestic energy, he’s giving the [Venezuelan] dictator [Nicolas] Maduro the green light,” said Mike Gonzalez, the host of the May 31 event called “Cuba and Venezuela Policy in Biden’s America Last Agenda.”
Gonzalez is Heritage’s Angeles Arredondo senior fellow.
On May 16, the White House announced a range of new policies on Cuba. The actions may mark the resumption of a trend under the Obama that former president Donald Trump reversed….