Cabañas becomes first Cuban ambassador in the US in over half a century

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The former Chargé d'affaires at the Cuban Embassy in the United States, Jose Cabañas, on Thursday presented his diplomatic credentials as ambassador to U.S. President Barack Obama in a new step toward the normalization of bilateral relations. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
A great step in the right direction and the exemplary story of a tiny island resisting the world's superpower till it desists.
The U.S. denial to recognize the overthrown of their friend, bloody dictator Fulgencio Batista pushed Cuba to seek support from the Soviet block. However, once the Berlin wall fell, Cuba continued to resist hundreds of attempts at destabilization, assassination of Fidel Castro, and continued blockade.
President Obama has earned well-deserved praise for this historical gesture with significance not only for Cuba but for all Latin America.
Sep 19th, 2015 - 06:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
perhaps now the stolen assets of foreign enterprises can begin to be repaid from “repatriation”. Or will it go to the courts. I wonder why the Cuban leaders got so wealthy as the people moved to extreme poverty and resorted to bartering? It's not a right to trade with the USA either. I give it a decade before the island commies are out.

Have you been there quique......or talk about yhe paradise from afar like argentina?

BTW. Massachusetts.......most know we're I reside.
Sep 19th, 2015 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
@1 Enrique

You're still living in the past - still fanning the flickering embers of self righteous indignation, and mistrust.

Get over it.

Most Cubans and Americans know that this issue has been dead for years.

yawn...
Sep 21st, 2015 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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