City Council go on record calling upon President Trump to immediately rescind Executive Order 14380, immediately enter meaningful negotiations with the Cuban government with the goal of ending the United States oil embargo, and carry out his foreign policy agenda with respect to the wishes of the people of the United States and in accordance with international law

How it started

Apr 30, 2026 · Proposed by Councillors Sobrinho-Wheeler, McGovern, and Al-Zubi: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

May 11, 2026 · ⏸ Paused: a councillor used the charter right to hold it over to the next meeting (Charter right)

What’s next

⏸ Returns next meeting: one councillor’s charter right holds it over; it comes back at the next regular meeting.

Taken upApr 30, 2026

Held on a charter rightNolanMay 4, 2026

Order adopted and cma placed on file, 5-0-4-0May 11, 2026

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The current United States policy toward Cuba is a special manifestation of harshness which is harmful to those with ties to Cuba, and especially hard on families in Cuba and in the Cuban-American community in the U.S.; and

In March 2021, the City Council unanimously passed POR 2021 #50 affirming its

support to lifting the United States’ blockade on Cuba, with the City Councils in

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia passing

similar resolutions since 2025; now therefore be it

That the City Council go on record calling upon President Trump to immediately

rescind Executive Order 14380, immediately enter meaningful negotiations with the Cuban government with the goal of ending the United States oil embargo, and carry out his foreign policy agenda with respect to the wishes of the people of the United States and in accordance with international law; and be it further

That the City Council go on record calling for the immediate restoration of engagement with the Republic of Cuba as initiated by President Barack Obama; and be it further

That the City Council go on record urging the United States Congress to promulgate and pass legislation that will finally end the unsuccessful and harmful 64-year old economic, financial, and commercial embargo on Cuba, as well as ending the travel restrictions on United States citizens and residents of Cuba, and Cuban citizens to the United States; and be it further

That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward suitably engrossed copies of this Policy Order to Cambridge’s delegation to the United States Congress on behalf of the entire City Council.

In City Council May 11, 2026. Adopted by a yea and nay vote:-

Yeas 5; Nays 0; Present 4; Absent 0.-

Attest:- Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk

A true copy; ATTEST:-

Paula M. Crane

Interim City Clerk

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: May 4, 2026

Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2026-05-18). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.