Cuba / US relations: First the embassies next the trade embargo?
- 9 years ago
President Barack Obama’s announcement that both Cuba and the United States will reopen their embassies is a major step towards normalising relations.
They have been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo.
Our correspondent Stefan Grobe said:
“The new approach to Cuba has been a huge diplomatic win for the Obama administration, accompanied by overwhelming support in both countries. Seeing the Cuban flag fly over the building behind me soon will be historic. What comes next is the lifting of the embargo – but that may take a while.”
Indeed some in the US have misgivings about the overtures being made by Washington.
Rachel DeLevie-Orey who is a Latin America analyst at the Atlantic Council:
“The treatment of dissidents, human rights, access to information, all of these things will continue to be a point of conflict, a sticking point. But these are conflicts that we have with governments across the globe.”
Since 1977, the US and Cub
They have been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo.
Our correspondent Stefan Grobe said:
“The new approach to Cuba has been a huge diplomatic win for the Obama administration, accompanied by overwhelming support in both countries. Seeing the Cuban flag fly over the building behind me soon will be historic. What comes next is the lifting of the embargo – but that may take a while.”
Indeed some in the US have misgivings about the overtures being made by Washington.
Rachel DeLevie-Orey who is a Latin America analyst at the Atlantic Council:
“The treatment of dissidents, human rights, access to information, all of these things will continue to be a point of conflict, a sticking point. But these are conflicts that we have with governments across the globe.”
Since 1977, the US and Cub