Andrew Cuomo Says Cuba Visit Will Pressure Congress to Lift Embargo
The New Yorker became the first U.S. governor to visit Cuba since President Barack Obama eased travel restrictions in January.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sits inside a vintage US car, on April 20, 2015.
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The Roswell Park Cancer Institute and software company Infor struck deals with their Cuban counterparts on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s trade mission to the Communist island nation.
Roswell Park, based in Buffalo, will work with the Center for Molecular Immunology in Havana to bring a lung cancer vaccine to the U.S., while Manhattan-based Infor will provide healthcare software to a Cuban university, the companies’ chief executive officers said Tuesday at a news briefing at Jose Marti Airport in Havana.