The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore diplomatic relations. The surprise move will end a 50-year U.S. embargo that had failed to accomplish any of its stated objectives but had created additional hardship on the Cuban people and gave the authoritarian government in Havana an easy excuse for its own failings.
This step is long overdue and could bring about the long-sought liberalization of the island 150 km off the Florida coast.
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