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Renewed hopes but more delays for Cubans seeking US visas

Yanelis Leon speaks by videoconference from the U.S. during an interview The as her mother Natacha Gonzalez, who cares for her two children, holds the phone at the door of her home in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Separated families between Cuba and the U.S. see hope in the measures announced by the administration of President Joe Biden, but the long wait of years and a web of political interests also makes them skeptical. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People wait their turns outside the U.S. embassy the day after it reopened its consular services in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Members of separated families between Cuba and the United States see hope in the measures announced by the U.S. administration of President Joe Biden, but the long wait of years and a web of political interests also makes them skeptical. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana shows the document, dated Sept. 2017, that her husband used to start their family reunification process in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Triana's husband and son have lived in the U.S. since 2015 while she and their two daughters stayed behind. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana and her daughter Alice arrive home after picking Alice up from school in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Triana's husband and son, who is Alice's father and brother, have lived in the U.S. since 2015, while they and another daughter stayed behind in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana walks home after picking up her daughter Alice from school in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Triana's husband and son, who is Alice's father and brother, have lived in the U.S. since 2015, while she and their two daughters stayed behind. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana shows her passport at home in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Triana's husband and son have lived in the U.S. since 2015, while she and their two daughters stayed behind in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana holds her cell phone to show a live video image of her husband Roberto de la Iglesia, who has lived in the U.S. since 2015 with their son, during a video call with their daughters Alice and Claudia in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Separated families see hope in the measures announced by the U.S. administration of President Joe Biden, but the long wait of years and a web of political interests also makes them skeptical. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Danmara Triana, left, with her daughters Alice, center, and Claudia, show photos of them with their brother and father who moved to the United States in 2015, at their home in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Separated families see hope in the measures announced by the U.S. administration of President Joe Biden, but the long wait of years and a web of political interests also makes them skeptical. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)