Obama Goes to Cuba

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President Barack Obama opened a new era in the United States’ complicated relationship with Cuba on March 20, 2016 during an “historic” two-and-a-half-day trip.  Obama is attempting a tricky and somewhat contradictory maneuver, as he moves to normalize diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations, while also nudging Cuba’s leaders in more democratic directions.  He believes, as do most students of the region, that change is more likely to come through engagement, though many members of the Cuban American community and right-leaning politicians throughout the hemisphere howl in anger and frustration while accusing him of treachery.