I thought it was click-bait on another site.
Me too. I received a mobile notification while at a party. This has been reported so many times over the decades, those of us with ties to Cuba know enough to corroborate anything like that news.
For the sake of the Cuban people, I hope this allows some impetus for a re-set and improved relations between Cuba and the US.
IMHO, that ain't gonna happen. The ideologues like Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and her ilk will only be emboldened. "One Castro down, one more to go" is their mantra. And with Trump coming into the White House, I'm not optimistic.
Improved relations between Cuban and the US depend entirely on the US to change its insane policies toward this tiny country of 11-million people.
It's never been about human rights, it's always been about Cuba's freeing itself of U.S. control. Any expression of concern by Washington for the "rights" of Cuban citizens to be "free" is simply cover for the desire to once again have the Cuban government do what the USA desired, to have it within America's sphere of influence. Cuba has always attempted to dialogue with the US to seek a normalization of relations. Its the USA that has consistently refused to come to the table and talk like a responsible, mature, state.
Cuba has never put an economic blockade upon the people of the USA.
Cuba never invaded U.S. territory and killed its citizens.
Cuba did not conduct biological warfare against U.S. farms.
Cuba did not attempt to assassinate (in the order of hundreds of incidents) US government leaders.
Cuba did not send or support terrorist groups acting on US soil.
Cuba did educate, feed, and care for the health of its citizens. It did spread out the limited resources of the country to all. It did pursue political and economic alliances with countries of its own choosing to ensure its survival in the face of superpower-strength aggressions. That's enough to get you on any U.S. President's hit list.
