Helena City Commission calls for lifting U.S. embargo on Cuba
(HELENA) Helena city leaders are calling on Congress to lift the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.
The Helena City Commission voted 3-1 Monday in favor of a resolution asking for an end to restrictions on traveling and doing business in Cuba.
Commissioner Rob Farris-Olsen, who proposed the resolution, said a number of people from Helena have visited Cuba – and some Cubans have visited Helena – since U.S.-Cuba relations started to improve in 2014.
“With potential policy changes happening right now at the national level, I thought it would be a good idea for us to encourage our national delegation that we wanted normalized relations with Cuba,” Farris-Olsen said.
