06.01.2015, 9:45
Just before the holiday season, the United States and Cuba announced that they were taking several steps to change their severed relations. After almost 50 years of boycotts and embargo, the two countries are ready to open discussions about reviving full diplomatic recognition. While it may seem obvious to most people that the United States’ demonization of Fidel Castro and his regime was counterproductive, the hemisphere’s dominant power is at long last reaching out.