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The election of Joe Biden as president-elect of the United States has evoked a lukewarm level of optimism in certain sectors inside the Cuban government. For some, it creates the hope of returning to the negotiating table to resume the discussions held during the Obama administration and continue to thaw the often frosty relationship between both countries.
However there are still hardliners within the Cuban government that will continue to demand the lifting of the economic embargo and the return of the military base in Guantanamo. Raul Castro and the rest of the leadership know that putting those two issues on top of the agenda will complicate any progress that could be made.
...If the Cuban leadership is serious about renewing the negotiations with the United States, they will need to change their tactics of blaming the United States for everything that is wrong with Cuba. Just recently the Cuban government blamed the United States for the social unrest led by young intellectuals and artists demanding more freedoms.
We are doing ok up until we hit that paragraph about blaming the US for everything.
Does anyone remember this?
And back in 2011, Cubans were not interested in protesting and didn't give a flip.
However there are still hardliners within the Cuban government that will continue to demand the lifting of the economic embargo and the return of the military base in Guantanamo. Raul Castro and the rest of the leadership know that putting those two issues on top of the agenda will complicate any progress that could be made.
...If the Cuban leadership is serious about renewing the negotiations with the United States, they will need to change their tactics of blaming the United States for everything that is wrong with Cuba. Just recently the Cuban government blamed the United States for the social unrest led by young intellectuals and artists demanding more freedoms.
Will Cuba policy matter for the Biden administration? | Commentary
The election of Joe Biden as president-elect of the United States has evoked a lukewarm level of optimism in certain sectors inside the Cuban government. For some, it creates the hope of returning …
www.orlandosentinel.com
We are doing ok up until we hit that paragraph about blaming the US for everything.
Does anyone remember this?
USAID op undermines Cuba's hip-hop protest scene
HAVANA (AP) — In early 2009, a U.S. government contractor sent a Serbian music promoter to Cuba with these covert marching orders: Recruit one of Havana's most notorious rappers to spark a youth movement against the government.
apnews.com
And back in 2011, Cubans were not interested in protesting and didn't give a flip.
Cuba's 'Ladies In White' Mourn Leader's Death
Laura Pollan, a founder of Cuba's Ladies in White, the island's most prominent dissident group, died Friday at age 63 after a brief illness. Her death comes at a difficult time for the group, as it struggles to broaden its message beyond freedom for jailed dissidents.
www.npr.org