Reuters features an open letter written by Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter and Deputy Director Jason Marczak in an article about how a US-Cuba embassy deal could undercut the trade embargo:

Obama could sidestep lawmakers and use his powers to appoint a new envoy to Havana during a congressional recess, but the State Department has suggested the administration is in no rush.

In an open letter to Obama, experts at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington urged him to take go-it-alone action such as ending a cap on remittances to Cuba and helping to integrate Cuba into international financial institutions like the World Bank, IMF and Inter-American Development Bank.

Read the full article here.

Related Experts: Jason Marczak and Peter Schechter