Efforts. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the center for stra tee teethic and international studies. Im a senior fellow here and also the Deputy Director of the project on prosperity and development. We really appreciate everyone coming out on a thursday afternoon thats gorgeous before labor day i think this is a really important topic. And a really important report that were putting out right now. So i appreciate all of you taking the time out to do this. Before give a brief summary of the report which i hope all or most of you were able to get, it will be posted online right after this event. I you want to say a couple of thank yous. The first is to the Ford Foundation that has were just completing our second year of funding with the Ford Foundation. Theyve been really great partner with us. So thanks to the Ford Foundation for believing in in us. A slightly nontraditional partner for them on this. I want to thank my coauthor who is currently in laos working for unicef. If shes watching,
Its inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. The amount of money people can send to relatives in cuba has been adjusted travel restrictions loosened sales of Agricultural Products established will become easier. The United States removed cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and the doors of organization of american state and summit of americas reopened. After decades of hostile relationships. Countries with intertwined commercial association and close political ties dont pick up where they left off. You might say a lot of the easy stuff is done re opening diplomatic relations makes it possible to begin to talk about the hard stuff. There was pomp and circumstance as the cuban flag was raised over the new embassy in washington. An historic moment. Within minutes cuban diplomats entered an outpost. Translation we reaffirm cubas willingness to move forward. Without prejudice to independence or interference in affairs. Cubans foreign minister bruno warning the Uni
The amount of money people can send to relatives in cuba has been adjusted, travel restrictions loosened, sales of Agricultural Products established will become easier. The United States removed cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and the doors of organization of american state and summit of americas reopened. After decades of hostile relationships. Countries with intertwined commercial association and close political ties dont pick up where they left off. You might say a lot of the easy stuff is done re opening diplomatic relations makes it possible to begin to talk about the hard stuff. There was pomp and circumstance as the cuban flag was raised over the new embassy in washington. An historic moment. Within minutes cuban diplomats entered an outpost. Translation we reaffirm cubas willingness to move forward. Without prejudice to affairs. Cubans foreign minister bruno warning the United States against meddling in his countrys affairs. A shot across the bow, reminding bo
Its inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. The amount of money people can send to relatives in cuba has been adjusted, travel restrictions loosened, sales of Agricultural Products established will become easier. The United States removed cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and the doors of organization of american state and summit of americas reopened. After decades of hostile relationships. Countries with intertwined commercial association and close political ties dont pick up where they left off. You might say a lot of the easy stuff is done re opening diplomatic relations makes it possible to begin to talk about the hard stuff. There was pomp and circumstance as the cuban flag was raised over the new embassy in washington. An historic moment. Within minutes cuban diplomats entered an outpost. Translation we reaffirm cubas willingness to move forward. Without prejudice to affairs. Cubans foreign minister bruno warning the United States against meddling in
If we come in with a strong arm aspect of lifeny when you start from an adversarial position, you limit your gain immediately. I think if we are going to look across the conference to talk about these nontraditional items, we have an incredible opportunity. Mark is exactly right. Our messaging has to go outside. We cannot just be on fox news all the time. We have to talk to msnbc and make the case about why American Families that are struggling today are better off under an environment has a competitive tax system. How they are better off if we look at a new way to approach poverty. Obamacarew the failed, and we have fresh ideas to deal with those issues and talk about why constitutionally limited government is better for the people. The government is taking less of liberties from the American People and giving it back to them and the Government Works for them, not against them. Those are the things that resonate across any community. We have to reach into this communities and use what