Seeking détente with the US, the Cuban regime strives to generate a smokescreen of progress
The reconciliation that is really required, urgently, is between the Cuban state and the Cuban people. The blockade that truly needs to be lifted is internal. Juan Antonio Blanco Emilio Morales Miami Miguel Díaz-Canel laughs while dining with Barack Obama in Cuba in 2016. NBC News
As expected, the Cuban regime fired up its propaganda machine to force a second diplomatic thaw with the United States government. Its precarious financial situation, plus the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, have pushed the country towards the edge of an abyss. These are the main reasons for its desperate strategic maneuvering in search of any succor that will allow it to avert social unrest if the country s situation does not improve in the short term.