You need to listen, really listen to this entire discourse by President Obama - he has asked the Cuban and American people to leave the past in the past and look forward to the future and as Jose Marti said - Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. Thank You President Obama, I am proud to be a Cuban American today.- Thanks Mom & Dad
+Henry Costa Obama is lecturing Cuba on human rights while the US operates a torture dungeon on the other side of the island! Words are one thing - and I admire the genuine convictions your hope comes from - but actions are another. If you want your hope to manifest itself as a tangible reality in the future, stop investing in corrupt politicians from corrupt nations, and invest in yourself, your friends, family, and community.
+mans410 Evidence of your claims? And water boarding is "real torture." The US also routinely beat people in military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, raped and otherwise sexually abused them, used chemicals, belts, ligaments, blades, truncheons, rifle butts, etc., to injure and even kill detainees. As for evidence, this was all released in official investigations and included photographs and video. Ball's in your court.
+Anthony Cartalucci how ironic that you defend are regime that will beats Cubans up and puts them in jail for doing what you just did - speak your mind.............ball is in your court.
i was i cuba the day that obama gave the speech......i cried, cause i felt proud to be that part of cubans that actually wanted the change, i represent the young cuban people....and what cuban government did with this speech it really gets me mad.....cause they changed the whole speech.....they changed the words that obama said and i was really mad at them......obama said.....we all know what cubans are able to do with fredom, we got miami.....
I'm not a USA citizen, I live in an African country and man I'll tell you I'll give my nuts to have a president like this. His charisma is over 9000, he's intelligent and he's a master diplomat. Yet I see a lot of Americans bitching about him, they almost seem ungrateful and unaware of how good they have it.
The Haters NEVER give any reasons for their negativity. They watch this man who has a loving heart and is always doing things to prove it and the Haters seem to be only able to type enough words to call him vulgar names but not enough to explain why they find this historical moment so horrible. Those in the audience are human beings as we are seeking a better life. Having trade & business with Cuba can only help both of us! So what's the problem Haters?
Change has to start somewhere. In my years of exile I've never seen anybody put in the slightest effort to step up to the plate and take a swing at the bat against one of the most notorious pitchers in politics history ( i am referencing the Castros as the pitcher). President Obama has taken that initiative. For those of us who were born in that regime, we know what it takes to get from one day to the next. I am also hopefull for the future. I do believe that there will be elections in Cuba in the future, I also believe that my peoples life will better from this, simply because we are smart and humble people. However, the President is right, this will take time. The important thing in all of this is that the movement has begun and nobody can't deny that.
We are watching history! Students will be watching this video for years to understand US Latin America relations. (and considering the prospects for the future of US presidency, this may be one of the highest points of US -Latin America relationship in the coming years
+Paloma Diazlobos, most of the Cuban people ignored President Obama was addressing a speech to them at that time. The speech was rarely advertised and given at a time when students were are their schools and parents at their work places so, it didn't serve its main purpose, the Cuban society.
+Paloma Diazlobos Wrong- Obama has undermined US dignity, by bowing to the Castros, it's a disgrace. Go read your history about the castros, then talk to cuban americans about the castros, that obama is hugging and kissing. Cuba and the castros solve their standoff with the US by exercising human rights, and freedom for it's people, not by playing kissy face with obama.
+ET234 Gtt5456 So, it is okay to be friends with China, but not with Cuba? The embargo is a disgrace. It never worked and it only hurts the Cuban people. Stop looking to the past, the time is to try something new.
+ET234 Gtt5456 I'm a Cuban American, and I think that what Obama has done needed to be done. For over 40 years those two have been bullshitting the world claiming their ills are the fault of Americans. Guess what, time for us to change a policy that hasn't worked. With the Embargo over, if the Cuban people are still in the same predicament, then the world is not going to be bullshitted anymore.
I am a Cuban Rafter. I was born in 1966. I was brain wash and I was told Gringos were bad. I still decided to take an small bote and cruise the ocean to make my own opinion in 1994. Actually I am going to be 50 in May. I love my friends from America and I love my friends from Cuba. We need a change. I am afraid to offend my friends from here because I love them but I truly believe we need the embargo lifted and I believe that is wrong to be afraid to express myself, that is not why I came to America for. My believe is not to please the Castro's but because I truly believe is the only way to establish a democracy in Cuba. If the only way is to Kill the Castro's, sorry, I am not a killer. I believe in democracy and that's why I came to America. I trust that Information and opening will make the difference! As OBAMA said, embargo only hut the Cubans in both sides!
Dear Mr President I want to thank you for you for being a great leader of the thoughts, mind and spirit of America. What we are faced with next???? is ...stupid but please know you were never apart of that. You are and will be a legendary leader. We the people Thank YOU.
this is a WOW SPEECH!!! He is a great man, great president and a great human being. But more importantly Obama is really about peace, progress and reconciliation. I used to live in US, now I am back in my own country, but regardless of the things I did not like, the power of United States is its ability to reinvent itself ad that is truly admirable.
That was.One of the best speches i have hear in my life.|Without read,just think and bring out of mind what he and american people really thing and want to share with cubam people.Obama is Big
WOW. I Love Great PresidentObama,great man great human,great leader. Compassion of people. Yes I believe that you has done great jobs. I like it. Thanks my handsome PresidentObama 👍👍👍😍😘
Raul knows how many Cubans an American supported dictatorship terrorized Cuba, but he, like Obama, knows they must do what is best for their nations and fix relations, even with such dark pasts.
+jperez1910 He knows that! That's the whole point is to change that and create change there! Get it! Don't hate just to hate! Until both Castro are dead nothing major will happen but this is laying the ground work for Cuba to evolve and in 30 years we will look back at this speech as you sip rum on Cuba's beautiful beaches on your yacht
+jperez1910 I've heard about a terrible Cuban prison called Guantanamo Bay where there is torture and it didn't acknowledge the Geneva convention. The USA would never butcher or torture innocent people, never invade another country because they know that is the most serious war crime of aggression. There is plenty that Obama is brushing over here, but it's a start, couldn't have imagined a Bush or Reagan doing this.
Similar platitudes uttered and forgotten by the very same president, shaped by the very same American interests regarding Libya and Muammar Qaddafi - who bent over backwards to appease American demands only to be later undermined, betrayed, have three generations of his family murdered by NATO warplanes, and his nation left in irreversible ruination. Do not listen to the words of this orator and the clever wordsmiths writing his speeches, look at America's actions throughout the world and realize Cuba has just been marked as "next" in a long and ever growing line of trampled nations. Say what you will in disagreement, but time will ultimately tell.
In my view he is one of greatest President has ever had. Great speech.....What shame that here in Brazil, we do not any political person with this skill...Our president has a bad speech and a bad administration. I think she doesn't know what she is doing on her position.:(
Bro We're in the same Way In Venezuela our president doesn't graduate to HighSchool And he was a Bus Driver...so in conclution his Speeches, Administration and every bullshit he speek are Crap :( so... I wanna a Good Country when we can Buy Food, Video Games...When we can Travel to the other countrys Venezuela are in a big Problem
we, humans... should be ready now to enter the new millennium as brothers and sisters. ~USA and CUBA its one step of many we must take if we are to enter the next century as a united race working together for a thriving future.
Apologize for the injustice inflicted to the suffering Cubans. How can we ask them to forget the past when the past is still burning the Cuban people..... Sad.
An Honor to be in Socialist nation? WTF Im sure Cubans in America had tear's in their eyes not tears of joy But tears of sadness what a sad and embarrassing day....for America
Brigadegeneral, meine Frage ist, schützt das Gesetz den Polizisten bei der Verwendung der Maskeradefigur in der Mission zur Festnahme des Angeklagten und das Strafrecht ist definiert. Indore-Käfer-Student. Fahrakademie. Polizei Deutsche Polizeiuniversität Danke, Brigadegeneral Youssef Azar
So,, it's plain and simple, if Cuba has free elections and excise human rights to their own people, the embargo will be lifted. Raul Castro said no, fuck you, I'm not changing shit, so we lift the embargo anyway. Now Obama wants the Cuban people to try to to plea peacefully to Castro for free elections and human rights, something that have not been able to do in 60 years. Hey Mr President, why don't you suggest to Castro to have an amendment in their own constitution stating "the people have the right to bear arms against tyranny and oppression".Then maybe Cubans will have free elections and human rights.
Our Country (Venezuela) is the only Country when our president doesn't graduate of the high-School. No like as U.S.A their president is one of the most Inteligente :P...I used to biy everything in the SuperMarcket, now we have wait for the People... Just God know What does maduro do :v
I like how they connect, but I think he always has to persuade the us establishment. after obama there will be a bush guy again or something even worse like trump xD
thoughts and prayers to all those affected by this tragedy, and prayers for the whole world because it's only getting worse, day by day . LAST BUT NOT LEAST! ! MR. OBAMA i know that you have alot on your plate with the demands of your job , and many other things that may have your mind and emotions a little drained, but honestly i dont feel that any of those things are why you show NO REMORSE NO EMOTION AT ALL OR REALLY ADDRESS THE ISIS TERRORIST ATTACKS BY CALLING IT WHAT IT IS IN THE PAST . NOPE instead you give a dont be islamaphobic speech for 20 minutes and spend 3 talking about the innocent victims in a monotone voice, California is just one incident, then this unfortunate attack you say a few we Americans are here for you with no emotion and lack of support in what your saying.. then immediately switch to a history lesson on the last 80 years and all the sad bad and hurtful things that went along with that to keep those wounds still burning.. even though you know that it must bring some type of enjoyment to constantly bring up the past that you can twist to make Americans sound like horrible in human people ... yet you are buddies with some potentially dangerous leaders if they want to be... oky rants over and thankfully so is November. .. GOD BLESS AMERICA
+Darius Teišerskis I don't know about "Leadership Skills" Because here at home, he has been a monumental disaster. But the speech was C+, but it will fall on deaf ears with the leadership in Cuba, because there is no way in Hell, the Castro Brothers, or their 200 or so sycophants are going to relinquish power. And the rest of the 11,000,000 Cubans will still live from one bowl of rice and beans to the next--and guess what? The Rice AND the Beans are grown in the USA. It's two of the 30 or so "exceptions" to the so-called Embargo, which is not an embargo; it's a trade restriction, based upon the billions of dollars of American and private property stolen by the Castros in 1959-1962. It's a Monsterous Government, and they ain't going nowhere-
+Paul Anthony The Castro's will die in a few years, Obama is smart!! This will lay the ground work for the near future! And one day you will be lying on their beautiful beaches again sipping rum. He's trying to motivate the people to find hope in a better life. This WILL pay off for American businesses and a new trade partner! This is epic! Nothing to hate!
You need to listen, really listen to this entire discourse by President Obama - he has asked the Cuban and American people to leave the past in the past and look forward to the future and as Jose Marti said - Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy. Thank You President Obama, I am proud to be a Cuban American today.- Thanks Mom & Dad
+Henry Costa Thank you! for being human
well said!
+Henry Costa Obama is lecturing Cuba on human rights while the US operates a torture dungeon on the other side of the island! Words are one thing - and I admire the genuine convictions your hope comes from - but actions are another. If you want your hope to manifest itself as a tangible reality in the future, stop investing in corrupt politicians from corrupt nations, and invest in yourself, your friends, family, and community.
+mans410 Evidence of your claims?
And water boarding is "real torture." The US also routinely beat people in military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, raped and otherwise sexually abused them, used chemicals, belts, ligaments, blades, truncheons, rifle butts, etc., to injure and even kill detainees. As for evidence, this was all released in official investigations and included photographs and video. Ball's in your court.
+Anthony Cartalucci how ironic that you defend are regime that will beats Cubans up and puts them in jail for doing what you just did - speak your mind.............ball is in your court.
Incredible speaker and leadership skills.
+Darius Teišerskis you've got a little bit of Obama butt goop on your nose there Darius.
i was i cuba the day that obama gave the speech......i cried, cause i felt proud to be that part of cubans that actually wanted the change, i represent the young cuban people....and what cuban government did with this speech it really gets me mad.....cause they changed the whole speech.....they changed the words that obama said and i was really mad at them......obama said.....we all know what cubans are able to do with fredom, we got miami.....
I'm not a USA citizen, I live in an African country and man I'll tell you I'll give my nuts to have a president like this. His charisma is over 9000, he's intelligent and he's a master diplomat. Yet I see a lot of Americans bitching about him, they almost seem ungrateful and unaware of how good they have it.
The Haters NEVER give any reasons for their negativity. They watch this man who has a loving heart and is always doing things to prove it and the Haters seem to be only able to type enough words to call him vulgar names but not enough to explain why they find this historical moment so horrible. Those in the audience are human beings as we are seeking a better life. Having trade & business with Cuba can only help both of us! So what's the problem Haters?
I agree 100%
+Puertecitos68 your iq level must not be too high. with that ignorance you have.
Change has to start somewhere. In my years of exile I've never seen anybody put in the slightest effort to step up to the plate and take a swing at the bat against one of the most notorious pitchers in politics history ( i am referencing the Castros as the pitcher). President Obama has taken that initiative. For those of us who were born in that regime, we know what it takes to get from one day to the next. I am also hopefull for the future. I do believe that there will be elections in Cuba in the future, I also believe that my peoples life will better from this, simply because we are smart and humble people. However, the President is right, this will take time. The important thing in all of this is that the movement has begun and nobody can't deny that.
Agree 100%
what lacks in most American thought is the history of it all.
I hope and pray you will tell your story ...over and over again.
You are brilliant.
+QbN MonTana Fulgencio Batista's regime was much better then?
That was simply awesome. To all of you filled with so much hate and bitterness that it blinds you, I feel sorry for you.
Greatest US president! Love the clarity in his thought process.....
I'm conservative-leaning with, let's say, very close ties to Cuba and I have to say this was an amazing speech.
President Obama: My Man. This is CLASS.
Hello people from future. I lived this age and moment. Hope the world get better there.
+Francisco Müller , Hello to you from the people of future. Shit does not look bright at all son..not at all.
Just with this speech Obama has solidified his place in History and has validated his legacy
We are watching history! Students will be watching this video for years to understand US Latin America relations. (and considering the prospects for the future of US presidency, this may be one of the highest points of US -Latin America relationship in the coming years
+Paloma Diazlobos, most of the Cuban people ignored President Obama was addressing a speech to them at that time. The speech was rarely advertised and given at a time when students were are their schools and parents at their work places so, it didn't serve its main purpose, the Cuban society.
+Paloma Diazlobos Wrong- Obama has undermined US dignity, by bowing to the Castros, it's a disgrace. Go read your history about the castros, then talk to cuban americans about the castros, that obama is hugging and kissing. Cuba and the castros solve their standoff with the US by exercising human rights, and freedom for it's people, not by playing kissy face with obama.
+ET234 Gtt5456 So, it is okay to be friends with China, but not with Cuba? The embargo is a disgrace. It never worked and it only hurts the Cuban people. Stop looking to the past, the time is to try something new.
+ET234 Gtt5456 I'm a Cuban American, and I think that what Obama has done needed to be done. For over 40 years those two have been bullshitting the world claiming their ills are the fault of Americans. Guess what, time for us to change a policy that hasn't worked. With the Embargo over, if the Cuban people are still in the same predicament, then the world is not going to be bullshitted anymore.
I dont know if anyone else notices but its so funny to see the subtle messages hes sending.
Another masterful, inspirational speech from a President who is on the right side of history
regarding Cuba. So sorry to see him go!
+Alexandra Rincones I have no problem with Obama going to cuba, my only gripe is that he comes back.
Obama is amazing in this moment! My respects to this man.
24:44 "El futuro de Cuba tiene que estar en las manos del pueblo cubano"
Loosing his leadership is an example that indeed, democracy is not perfect...Stay in touch Mr. President...
I am a Cuban Rafter. I was born in 1966. I was brain wash and I was told Gringos were bad. I still decided to take an small bote and cruise the ocean to make my own opinion in 1994. Actually I am going to be 50 in May. I love my friends from America and I love my friends from Cuba. We need a change. I am afraid to offend my friends from here because I love them but I truly believe we need the embargo lifted and I believe that is wrong to be afraid to express myself, that is not why I came to America for. My believe is not to please the Castro's but because I truly believe is the only way to establish a democracy in Cuba. If the only way is to Kill the Castro's, sorry, I am not a killer. I believe in democracy and that's why I came to America. I trust that Information and opening will make the difference! As OBAMA said, embargo only hut the Cubans in both sides!
President Obama is a good business man! We'll have Cuban cigars here by the end of the year!
Dear Mr President
I want to thank you
for you for being a great leader of the thoughts, mind and spirit of America.
What we are faced with next????
is ...stupid
but please know you were never apart of that.
You are and will be a legendary leader.
We the people Thank YOU.
Through this visit, a new chapter seemed to appear between cubans and americans !!!! From Kennedy to Obama.
Que cojones! This man has earned my respect in the past days.
They golf in Cuba? Oh just wanted a box of cigars.
you hate this guy in such a perverse way i can tell
The cigars are for bill and Monica lol
this is a WOW SPEECH!!! He is a great man, great president and a great human being. But more importantly Obama is really about peace, progress and reconciliation. I used to live in US, now I am back in my own country, but regardless of the things I did not like, the power of United States is its ability to reinvent itself ad that is truly admirable.
This was amazing
That was.One of the best speches i have hear in my life.|Without read,just think and bring out of mind what he and american people really thing and want to share with cubam people.Obama is Big
WOW. I Love Great PresidentObama,great man great human,great leader. Compassion of people. Yes I believe that you has done great jobs. I like it. Thanks my handsome PresidentObama 👍👍👍😍😘
Good ❤️
Mr President, u r n articulate n a briliant, compashnate person. I wish I cud hav a fracshn of the greatness that u hav.
Only if he knew how many innocent people the Castro brothers have tortured and butchered..
Raul knows how many Cubans an American supported dictatorship terrorized Cuba, but he, like Obama, knows they must do what is best for their nations and fix relations, even with such dark pasts.
What country haven't tortured their people
+jperez1910 He knows that! That's the whole point is to change that and create change there! Get it! Don't hate just to hate! Until both Castro are dead nothing major will happen but this is laying the ground work for Cuba to evolve and in 30 years we will look back at this speech as you sip rum on Cuba's beautiful beaches on your yacht
+jperez1910 I've heard about a terrible Cuban prison called Guantanamo Bay where there is torture and it didn't acknowledge the Geneva convention.
The USA would never butcher or torture innocent people, never invade another country because they know that is the most serious war crime of aggression.
There is plenty that Obama is brushing over here, but it's a start, couldn't have imagined a Bush or Reagan doing this.
+Keri Ford Guantanamo Bay is American Territory. Look it up.
Obama says, "EMBRACE COMMUNISM YOU SUCKERS!"
Well spoken !
President told right on their face what needed to be said
well those are some pretty flags I see
Similar platitudes uttered and forgotten by the very same president, shaped by the very same American interests regarding Libya and Muammar Qaddafi - who bent over backwards to appease American demands only to be later undermined, betrayed, have three generations of his family murdered by NATO warplanes, and his nation left in irreversible ruination.
Do not listen to the words of this orator and the clever wordsmiths writing his speeches, look at America's actions throughout the world and realize Cuba has just been marked as "next" in a long and ever growing line of trampled nations. Say what you will in disagreement, but time will ultimately tell.
Lovely speech. 😢
Let the Cuban choose their own leader.. Go for Democracy!
If i was cuba I wouldnt have accepted the apology
Obama going to be one of the best leaders ever in the America's History...Good Speche
Speech* Sorry 😂
😉agree
😂👏👌
Do you have a Skype?
Yes I do
why is it when there is a good, educated president, people mock him for his, "and s-so-s-soo we s-se-s-see..."
Que bien hablo nuestro Presidente.Bendiciones.
Que Dios lo cuide y le de mucha salud.
Yes , imarge strategy between an America and Cuba is a grate deal in terms of explore the Cubans people.
That's Mr. President for desecrating our nations flag code.
In my view he is one of greatest President has ever had. Great speech.....What shame that here in Brazil, we do not any political person with this skill...Our president has a bad speech and a bad administration. I think she doesn't know what she is doing on her position.:(
Bro We're in the same Way In Venezuela our president doesn't graduate to HighSchool And he was a Bus Driver...so in conclution his Speeches, Administration and every bullshit he speek are Crap :( so... I wanna a Good Country when we can Buy Food, Video Games...When we can Travel to the other countrys Venezuela are in a big Problem
If I have a Bad Gramtic sorry I'm practice english since 2013
After visiting Raoul in Cuba, the onto Grenada to honor the cubans that fought US troops in 1983.
Good on you, O-Dogg!
we, humans... should be ready now to enter the new millennium as brothers and sisters. ~USA and CUBA its one step of many we must take if we are to enter the next century as a united race working together for a thriving future.
Great speech Barack. I'm so sorry you leave office, and even more... that both leading candidates are such puppets.
And what about the “Havana syndrome” that affected american ambassadors health permanently? 😡
Is time to lift the embargo of puerto rico. Since 1920 puerto rico only can buy from the united states
He blasted the cuban government
Muchas gracias President Obama. You are a true inspiration. Si se puede.
What's with all the clapping? I felt it was just excesive.
Apologize for the injustice inflicted to the suffering Cubans. How can we ask them to forget the past when the past is still burning the Cuban people..... Sad.
Question: what do Obama, Michael Jackson (after 1983) and John Howard Griffin all have in common?
I used to call him President Zero to match his accomplishments...
the most powerful man in the u.s. or so the saying goes
Love Obama
Diplomacy is the fact of progress
Best president ever
An Honor to be in Socialist nation? WTF Im sure Cubans in America had tear's in their eyes not tears of joy But tears of sadness what a sad and embarrassing day....for America
gracias obama
Did everyone missLet this Embar Go
Brigadegeneral, meine Frage ist, schützt das Gesetz den Polizisten bei der Verwendung der Maskeradefigur in der Mission zur Festnahme des Angeklagten und das Strafrecht ist definiert. Indore-Käfer-Student. Fahrakademie. Polizei Deutsche Polizeiuniversität Danke, Brigadegeneral Youssef Azar
So,, it's plain and simple, if Cuba has free elections and excise human rights to their own people, the embargo will be lifted. Raul Castro said no, fuck you, I'm not changing shit, so we lift the embargo anyway. Now Obama wants the Cuban people to try to to plea peacefully to Castro for free elections and human rights, something that have not been able to do in 60 years. Hey Mr President, why don't you suggest to Castro to have an amendment in their own constitution stating "the people have the right to bear arms against tyranny and oppression".Then maybe Cubans will have free elections and human rights.
Our Country (Venezuela) is the only Country when our president doesn't graduate of the high-School. No like as U.S.A their president is one of the most Inteligente :P...I used to biy everything in the SuperMarcket, now we have wait for the People... Just God know What does maduro do :v
My Gramatic is Nasty😂😂😂 but I'm ongoing about it.
Too bad that Jason is the voice of barrack Obama
I like how they connect, but I think he always has to persuade the us establishment. after obama there will be a bush guy again or something even worse like trump xD
Doubt this was aired in Cuba
Was aired Live . My family watched.
Wow la bandera de Cuba al lado de la de Estados Unidos
aku tunggu di rumah,,,😊,,ny,,asia obama
The slaverity puts on you some sexuality
I stopped listening to this crap in about 6 minutes, I hope he didn't forget to mention his "leadership" in the fight against the weather and reason.
thoughts and prayers to all those affected by this tragedy, and prayers for the whole world because it's only getting worse, day by day . LAST BUT NOT LEAST! !
MR. OBAMA i know that you have alot on your plate with the demands of your job , and many other things that may have your mind and emotions a little drained, but honestly i dont feel that any of those things are why you show NO REMORSE NO EMOTION AT ALL OR REALLY ADDRESS THE ISIS TERRORIST ATTACKS BY CALLING IT WHAT IT IS IN THE PAST . NOPE instead you give a dont be islamaphobic speech for 20 minutes and spend 3 talking about the innocent victims in a monotone voice, California is just one incident, then this unfortunate attack you say a few we Americans are here for you with no emotion and lack of support in what your saying.. then immediately switch to a history lesson on the last 80 years and all the sad bad and hurtful things that went along with that to keep those wounds still burning.. even though you know that it must bring some type of enjoyment to constantly bring up the past that you can twist to make Americans sound like horrible in human people ... yet you are buddies with some potentially dangerous leaders if they want to be... oky rants over and thankfully so is November. .. GOD BLESS AMERICA
Ante obu accha ante eesawaran
Incredible speaker and leadership skills.
+Darius Teišerskis I don't know about "Leadership Skills" Because here at home, he has been a monumental disaster. But the speech was C+, but it will fall on deaf ears with the leadership in Cuba, because there is no way in Hell, the Castro Brothers, or their 200 or so sycophants are going to relinquish power. And the rest of the 11,000,000 Cubans will still live from one bowl of rice and beans to the next--and guess what? The Rice AND the Beans are grown in the USA. It's two of the 30 or so "exceptions" to the so-called Embargo, which is not an embargo; it's a trade restriction, based upon the billions of dollars of American and private property stolen by the Castros in 1959-1962. It's a Monsterous Government, and they ain't going nowhere-
+Paul Anthony The Castro's will die in a few years, Obama is smart!! This will lay the ground work for the near future! And one day you will be lying on their beautiful beaches again sipping rum. He's trying to motivate the people to find hope in a better life. This WILL pay off for American businesses and a new trade partner! This is epic! Nothing to hate!