Finally! After 50 years we are normalizing relations with #Cuba. This ends a policy of isolation that we’ve had since President John F. Kennedy. Cuba is mere miles from Miami, but for five decades now it has felt a world away. We can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a new result – we’re the only country that still has an embargo in place against Cuba, and we keep renewing it without reflecting on its results. It’s important to remember that we’ve been occupying a part of the country since the 1930s. Guantanamo Bay has been a reminder of our mixed past with Cuba. Normalizing relations is the right thing to do, and opens a new chapter between our nations. It’s is the best way that we can promote human rights, democracy, peace, and security in nations around the world: through earnest relations and open dialogue. The #President’s announcement comes as we welcome home Alan Gross, a #USAID contractor who has been imprisoned for five years, and an unnamed intelligence asset who has been held for two decades. Now it’s up to Congress to take action on the Cuban Embargo, something the President cannot do. It will be up to us to debate and discuss the best way to continue engaging with Cuba.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:57:28 +0000
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