• Submitted by: manso
• Politics and Government
• 11 / 19 / 2010

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Friday, 19 November 2010, 10:59 am. Press Release: Council on Hemispheric Affairs. The Mid-Term Elections: An Easy Prediction for the Future of U.S.-Cuba Relations.By COHA Director Larry Birns and Research Associate Kelsey Strain

As the April 2009 Summit of the Americas drew to a close in Trinidad and Tobago, President Obama’s statement that the U.S. was prepared to seek new relations with Cuba favorably resonated with the assembled Latin American leaders. But up to now, only minimal progress has been made in implementing a new policy, with the exception of relaxed restrictions on travel and remittances for Cubans living in the United States.

Echoing the same formulaic slogans uttered by former U.S. presidents for half a century, Obama, on the relatively rare occasion that he has anything to say about Latin American issues, continues stress a “wait and see” approach, in which Havana will have to earn the right to be a negotiating partner.

source: www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1011/S00385/prediction-for-the-future-of-us-cu...