Good morning. Welcome to interamerican dialog. I direct the rule of law program. Almost three years ago president s obama and castro embarked on a historic opening on relations between the United States and cuba. Two days ago the Trump Administration announced a series of regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba and a few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transitioning with a morebund economy and demographic challenges and a relationship with the United States rapidly deteriorating as President Trumps attacks on diplomates. And a suspension of Visa Services in havana prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussions. To help us make sense of whats happened in the future months and what it might happen in the future of the United States and cuban relations, were privileged to welcome to the dialog three distinguished friends and colleague
Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in relations between the United States and cuba. The trumpgo, administration announced regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with the economy, democratic challenges, and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trumps policy changes and still attacks against u. S. Diplomats. The diplomatic drawdown and have anna had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. To help us make sense of all that has happened in recent months and assess what the future might bring for people in the u. S. And for u. S. Cuba relations, we are privileged to welcome three distinguished friends and colleagues
Foreign Affairs Analyst on the u. S. Relationship with cuba and moves i the prop administration to the caribbean nation. This was hosted by the interamerican dialogue in washington, d. C. It is an hour and a half. Michael c. good morning. Welcome to the interamerican dialogue. My name is michael camilleri. Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in terms of the relations between the u. S. And cuba. Two days ago, the Trump Administration and announced a series of regulatory changes designed to roll back the Obama Administration strategy of engaging with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with a moribund economy and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of President Trumps policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u. S. Diplomats. Drawdown inic havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services in havana
Foreign Affairs Analysts on the relationship with cuba, and moves on the Trump Administration to limit travels to the caribbean nation. This is an hour and a half. Welcome to american dialogue. Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in relations between the United States and cuba. Two days ago, the Trump Administration announced regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with demographicconomy, challenges, and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trumps policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u. S. Diplomats. The diplomatic drawdown and have in havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. Nonetheless,
Designed to partially roll back Obama Administrations strategy of engaging with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with a moribund economy and a demographic challenge in a relationship with the United States that is rapidly deteriorating as a result of President Trumps policy changes and still unresolved attacks against u. S. Diplomats. In fact the diplomatic drawdown , in havana had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services in havana prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. Nevertheless, to help us make sense of what has happened and assess what the future might bring for cuba and the United States we are privileged to , welcome to the dialogue three distinguished friends and colleagues with decades of experience working on cuba. To my immediate left, Emily Mendrala is the executive director of the center for democracy in the americas. Emily serv