Current US policy towards Cuba is "wrong, counterproductive and stupid," said Jim McGovern (D-Mass) at a Boston town council hearing.
 
In the meeting, which focused on a US blockade resolution, McGovern asserted this economic, commercial, and financial blockade disproportionately impacts the Cuban families.
 
McGovern, who has long visited Cuba, referred to measures that hinder sending family remittances to Cuba and buying food and medicine, even amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
McGovern recalled how under Barack Obama's second term (2009-2017), positive steps were taken towards normalizing bilateral relations with Cuba, but such movements were reversed under Donald Trump.
 
The congressman warned that even though Joe Biden's administration disagrees with the Cuban government on many aspects, this should not impede relations with Havana or justify imposing sanctions.
 
Cuba is the only country Americans are banned from traveling to without special permission, said McGovern, for whom the "cruel and irrational" blockade must end.