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
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
As i discussed yesterday with administration witnesses during her full Committee Hearing i continue to have deep concerns about how the cuban government treats its citizens but its clear the United States policy on cuba over the past several decades has not worked either. I either. Im hopeful president obama is ever to engage real substantive negotiations to a more honest Cultural Exchange economic trade and diplomatic ties with cuba will benefit the United States and more importantly the cuban people. I hope the cuban government will come to the negotiating table with a desire to work with the United States toward a more free open and Tolerant Society for the cuban people and its very important for us to pay close attention to the ongoing negotiations to make sure any changes are in any changes arent limited in a way that maintains her commitment to basic values and human rights. I thank the witnesses for being here and look forward to your perspective and relationship between United