WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Cuban citizen Berta Antunez (L), sister of Cuban pro-democracy activist Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, prepares to testify before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Cuban citizen Berta Antunez (L), sister of Cuban pro-democracy activist Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, prepares to testify before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.

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