Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
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Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
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Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#2Outstanding. This is long overdue.
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#3Nice. Whats's next? Close Gitmo? Give back the lease?
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#4Nice. Whats's next? Close Gitmo? Give back the lease?
Gitmo requires the approval of Congress - guess what blocked it from happening.
This is an executive action.
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#5This is actually (amusingly) incredibly unpopular in cigar circles who are calling this the "end of an era".
Most discussions seems to center around the doom and gloom of quality dropping and prices increasing as the US/Cuban cigar market opens and the demand for CC increases.
No discussion on the legality of owning CC changing amusingly. As apparently everyone forgets that smoking a Cuban Cigar can be considered an act of treason currently.
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#6I have to think this is related to tensions with Russia and avoiding a second missile crisis. I wonder if there will be a reaction from Russia about this news.
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#7I've visited Cuba on a Canadian passport. Aside from the beautiful beaches the thing that struck me most was the desperate poverty of people living in shacks outside the 5 star resorts.
While I hesitate to predict that this change will be all for the good, I do believe that the poorest in Cuba will benefit significantly from increased trade.
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#8Nice. Whats's next? Close Gitmo? Give back the lease?
Gitmo requires the approval of Congress - guess what blocked it from happening. This is an executive action.
> This is an executive action.
Not quite; some restrictions have been lifted but this is not yet a done deal:
"Although the decades-old American embargo on Cuba will remain in place for now, the administration signaled that it would welcome a move by Congress to ease or lift it should lawmakers choose to."[1]
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/americas/us-cuba-rel...
Re: Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations
#9Nice. Whats's next? Close Gitmo? Give back the lease?
Gitmo requires the approval of Congress - guess what blocked it from happening. This is an executive action.
It sure looks like the cuban gov has nothing to say. What a shame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban%E2%80%93American_Treaty#C...