so much. and the divide over the president s announcement isn t just limited to cubans and cuban americans, of course, it s led to pretty strange bedfellows. bob menendez is blasting the president saying that he vindicated the human rights abuses of the castros. meanwhile, the chamber of commerce hailed the president s decision. yes, you heard that right. 4 out of 5 americans alive have never known a free cuba. will anything that just happened change that? joining us now is the deputy director of the latin america center at the atlantic council. thanks for being with us. thanks, krystal. you seem like the guy to ask. i ll throw out there the $1 million question. do you think this represents a first step and we re going to see further opening and changes on the ground in cuba, or not? excellent question, krystal. yesterday s announcement wases a an historic day for the relations. and frankly for our relations with latin america and even broadly across the world. i mean, the presid