the relationship between the united states and cuba is a fascinating one. and not least in its peculiarity. joe biden has stuck with the trump sanctions. he has not lifted them and the cubans have used this as an excuse to say, it is a only the american s fault, if only they lifted the embargo, we could feed you, and everything would be right again. is it, kind of, a diplomatic mistake, do you think, to keep a country like cuba under this embargo and give them this brilliant excuse? there are a lot of people - who say mr biden should see if he can readopt what mr 0bama i did, particularly by opening up. and relaxing sanctions, . allowing the remittances, all of that money to go . from cubans in america. of which there are a huge number. i am not an expert inl the politics of florida, but i am told that it is a key part of it. l the democratic party are trying to defend themselves in key. races there they don t want to pick a fight -
you begin to understand why this broke out. but, i mean, this is, kind of, a biggertheme. it s not just cuba. cuba is a political football in america, you have the miami cubans on the right and the american left who want to support the revolution, which is a totally corrupted one party, one family rule. there s nothing to support there. but what s interesting to me is if you think back to when south africa threw off apartheid in the early 905, when you think of iraq today, there is a generation of people who are 30 years old and they probably have started families of their own, who have known nothing but post dictatorship, pre democratic, grotesquely corrupt societies. iraq i mean, we don t talk enough about iraq, and there s demonstrations
with the powerful cuban - republicans at the moment, etc, etc. and so there s a little bit of politics in this. - at the moment, joe biden is being very specific. - yesterday, himself at the press conferencel with chancellor merkel, he referred to cuba - as a failed state - and he said we are not going to shift on remittances. fascinating. and it is one to watch, including the situation in south africa. let me ask each of you in the few minutes we have lest let me ask each of you in the few minutes we have left to tell us about some other things you think we should be watching that have not had enough attention so far. michael first. we ll, there s something going on in america. there s always something going on in america. this is vocal politics a lot of us here in britain and around the world think, well, joe biden s president and donald trump is making noise down in a mar a lago, but he s done. the republican party and the crisis in american democracy is not done. and, earlier t
of which there are a huge number. i am not an expert inl the politics of florida, but i am told that it is a key part of it. l the democratic party are trying to defend themselves in key. races there they don t want to pick a fight - with the powerful cuban - republicans at the moment, etc, etc. and so there s a little bit of politics in this. - at the moment, joe biden is being very specific. - yesterday, himself at the press - conference with chancellor merkel, he referred to cuba as a failed state and he said we are not l going to shift on remittances. fascinating. and it is one to watch, including the situation in south africa. let me ask each of you in the few minutes we have lest to tell us about some other things you think we should be watching that have not had enough attention so far. michael first. we ll, there s something going on in america. there s always something going on in america. this is vocal politics a lot of us here in britain and around the world think, wel
and said we are not going to move on remittances. i fascinating. and it is one to watch, including the situation in south africa. let me ask each of you to tell us about some other things you think we should be watching that have not had enough attention so far. michael first. there is something going on in america. there is always something going on in america. this is vocal politics, a lot of us here in britain and around the world think joe biden s president and donald trump is making noise down in a maralargo but he is done. democracy is not done. and earlier this week the democrats in the texas state legislature fled, a loaded word, but they flew to washington so there would not be a quorum, so no business could