Struggling Cuban economy needs more than symbolic diplomatic gestures from the US
- 9 years ago
Mainly pro- Havana protesters gathered as Cuban officials inaugurated their embassy in Washington on Monday.
While backing the new era of restored diplomatic relations they want things to go further including the lifting of US sanctions.
A t the same time a lone Cuban dissenter was stopped by police after he tried to break into the embassy.
He accused the Obama administration of making a deal with a dictatorship that kills Cubans every day, saying the red paint he’d covered himself with represented Cuban blood.
Cuba raised flag over newly opened embassy in D.C. July 20, as Cuba-US diplomatic tie restored http://t.co/M8cdpSxEcs pic.twitter.com/UfH4jSDAXJ— People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) July 20, 2015
While the reciprocal re-establishment of embassies is a watershed moment in bilateral relations, our correspondent in Washington talked to a Latin American expert asking her what needs to be done to bring about lasting change for the Cuban people.
“Though Cuba has served as dip
While backing the new era of restored diplomatic relations they want things to go further including the lifting of US sanctions.
A t the same time a lone Cuban dissenter was stopped by police after he tried to break into the embassy.
He accused the Obama administration of making a deal with a dictatorship that kills Cubans every day, saying the red paint he’d covered himself with represented Cuban blood.
Cuba raised flag over newly opened embassy in D.C. July 20, as Cuba-US diplomatic tie restored http://t.co/M8cdpSxEcs pic.twitter.com/UfH4jSDAXJ— People’s Daily,China (@PDChina) July 20, 2015
While the reciprocal re-establishment of embassies is a watershed moment in bilateral relations, our correspondent in Washington talked to a Latin American expert asking her what needs to be done to bring about lasting change for the Cuban people.
“Though Cuba has served as dip