Nice Try But No Cigar? - Beijing Review
It seems that the U. S. -Cuban relations have entered the fast-track with a recent series of interactions between the long estranged neighbors. Last December, U. S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro ushered in a new era of normalization for U. S. -Cuban relations. In July, the two countries restored full diplomatic relations by re-opening embassies in each other's countries. In August 2007, the then-Senator Obama published an article in the Miami Herald, calling for taking steps to normalize relations and ease the embargo as the Cuban Government appeared to be opening up to democratic change. After taking the presidency, he signed a Senate appropriations bill into law which made it easier for Cuban-Americans to visit relatives in Cuba in 2009. From 2013 to 2014, the secret diplomacy taking place between the United States and Cuba,... The possibility cannot be ruled out that Obama will visit Cuba and sign an agreement with the country in areas such as anti-narcotics, but achieving something like this is much harder than the work he has accomplished, which may discourage him. Source: www.bjreview.com.cn
