#US-#Cuba detente likely to lead to repeal of #tradeembargo

One of the first steps will be the removal of the Caribbean republic from the annual US terror list

A car with a Cuban flag parked near the Cuban Capitol in Havana. The Cuban revolution has survived through a combination of welfare provision and selective repression as the equal distribution of scarce resources meets the iron fist of state power. Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

Michael McCaughan

The sudden shift in US policy toward Cuba represents the decline of a previously unquestioned conviction – that beneath the calm surface of Cuban society lies a seething, discontented population impatiently awaiting the signal to rise and overthrow their government... (Read more)

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