Washington - The US House of Representatives yesterday voted to lift the ban on Americans traveling to Cuba and only narrowly rejected a move to lift altogether the 40-year-old embargo on the communist-led island.
The Republican-led House voted 240-186 to lift longstanding restrictions on traveling to the island. The House passed a similar bill last year but it was rejected in the Senate.
Democrats have said they would seek broader easing of the sanctions, which they say have failed to weaken the grip of President Fidel Castro. But many conservative Republicans and the anti-Castro Cuban exile community oppose any such move.