Cuba Lingers in Limbo

In an historic proclamation, then President Barack Obama announced in December 2014, “the United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba [and] we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries.”

Obama promised to reestablish diplomatic relations that had been severed for nearly 53 years; review Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism; increase travel, commerce, and the flow of information between the U.S. and Cuba; and discuss with Congress the possibility of lifting the trade embargo on Cuba. 

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