yes, i have been arrested several times, and also i have been beaten and in jail for days and in the last time the situation has been changing for worse. it s getting worse? yes. this is what happened in july when he was arrested on his way to church put in the back of a police car and beaten with handcuffs. president obama and secretary kerry, they argue, look we have tried it with an embargo and blockade for decades and nothing has changed and maybe by doing this there will be more human rights and democracy in cuba. do you agree with that? i do not agree. we really are upset because the american government doesn t want to put any condition for that political process, and the cuban government is taking a lot and they are not giving anything. as the american flag rose over the u.s. embassy in huh van
all the pomp and circumstance for the cuban government it seems to be business as usual. a lot of symbolic history today, but the u.s. has a long road ahead in terms of trying to get the cuban government to improve upon that. and finally today from havana the flag is flying high and while today s events are symbolically very important, still a long way to go before americans can enjoy the island much less the cuban people enjoy freedom. some of the remaining 50s charms exist, and cigars and businesses are still run by the dictatorship of the castro brothers. in the coming months we will see if this thaw of the relationship 54 years frozen in time will lead to a break through that benefits people here and 90 miles away in the u.s. follow me on twitter and
jake the diplomats in the building behind us should not expect to get any rest in the months or years ago, because now begins the process of normal normalalization normalalization, and that s going to be more complex than anything they have done so far. yeah raising the flag was the easy part. noticeably absent were cuban dissidents that have been critical of the castro regime and its painful record of human rights issues and there are many on both sides including marco rubio, a florida republican. i asked rubio, who is the son of cuban immigrants what he would ask the cuban government if given a chance. here s what he had to say? i want to know why the people of cuba are the only people in the western hemisphere, and why are the people of cuba the only
continue to speak out on democrat and risk their lives in the process. we have a clinton and a bush and why not complete the 90s with gore. hello from havana, cuba. i am jake tapper coming to you live outside the u.s. embassy in cuba on this day of history and controversy. the last time the american flag flew on the flag behind me was seven months before president obama was born and president dwight eisenhower cut off relations with the island nation and angered with castro s relationship with the
seem to go right. this is where we keep everything running. management officer takes us to the basement to get a first look at the sign and the seal that will go in the entrance to the embassy. pretty cool sign, isn t it? what i am walking next to is something that has not been seen in 54 years in cuba, and it s a sign for the u.s. embassy in havana. she says reoepg the embassy is the high point of her career. this is fantastic. there are so many foreign service officers that waited to be here and i think i am being envied by a lot of people who say this is the culmination of the work of a lot of people. nothing is left to chance. the marines even practice raising the flag. but as the big day arrives, american diplomats say the u.s. embassy in havana is ready to step back into the spotlight.