Obama about to announce a major policy shift on Cuba

[9erempiree]

It' about damn time. This will probably mean we can finally get some Cuban cigars imported to us.

[rezznor]

Bravo Obama! Great decision and he is making the Republicans heads explode. GOP can't do anything to stop the prez about this.
Viva Cuba!

[senelcoolidge]

You know Cuba and other leftist governments in Latin America are laughing at the United States. Obama is a joke, seriously. What a piece of sh#t. This might actually give more life to the communist government of Cuba that was dying a very very very very slow death.

[BurningHammer]

Incoming Great Cuban Baseball Influx.

[DonDadda59]

You know Cuba and other leftist governments in Latin America are laughing at the United States. Obama is a joke, seriously. What a piece of sh#t. This might actually give more life to the communist government of Cuba that was dying a very very very very slow death.

Uh... so what?

The only reason the U.S. government used to give a shit about Communist expansion was due to the fact its greatest rival the USSR was in the driver's seat of that movement. Don't know if you've heard, but the USSR doesn't exist anymore and the U.S. is deep in business entanglements with the biggest Communist state in the World, China.

This was long overdue.

[DCL]

this was bound to happen, but this is sort of a big shift.

remember, the world used to treat cuba like how we treat north korea now.

tensions obviously died off over several decades but go back to the 60s, cuba was living rent-free in american newspapers. commie this, commie that.

as for travel, it's not a big deal though. americans have been "secretly" traveling to cuba for years. it's not even a difficult process. just head to cancun mexico,, buy a ticket, go to the airport, and then they will give you the visa at the spot. and they will stamp on another piece of paper instead of the passport.

[KevinNYC]

cuba was living rent-free in american newspapers. commie this, commie that.

Actually Cubans were paying a giant price for that.

[Akrazotile]

Uh... so what?

The only reason the U.S. government used to give a shit about Communist expansion was due to the fact its greatest rival the USSR was in the driver's seat of that movement. Don't know if you've heard, but the USSR doesn't exist anymore and the U.S. is deep in business entanglements with the biggest Communist state in the World, China.

This was long overdue.

This.

Nobody gives a shit what goes on in Cuba anymore. I mean maybe some Cubans do but the US and A has no reason to care.

Its pretty sad there will inevitably be partisan hacks in Congress putting on a phony demonstration over this just as an excuse to get some attention for opposing the president.

[STATUTORY]

find a way to visit cuba soon before it becomes another cookie cutter latin american island nation without its anachronistic 50s soviet era tech charms

[Mr. Jabbar]

china is not communist, use the eye test

[MavsSuperFan]

Great job by obama.

The only people against this are people that hate obama no matter what, Old cuban exiles and people who want to pander to the cuban vote (florida is important as a swing state and cubans are concentrated there)

Old cubans are just being irrational/emotional.

[DCL]

Actually Cubans were paying a giant price for that.

it's funny you bother to correct any hyperbolic statements as if they were to be taken literally.

and the statement that cuba had to pay a giant price for conflicting US's interests? thank you for that enlightenment.

[DCL]

find a way to visit cuba soon before it becomes another cookie cutter latin american island nation without its anachronistic 50s soviet era tech charms

that will surely happen once foreign banking is opened and they get all sorts of financing.

but things have already changed rapidly in just the past few years. the first time i was in havana was in 2008 and it was still kinda "pure." but i went there again last year and heavy tourism had already invaded. lots of retired folks from europe, canada, and the US love it there because they're familiar with the history, curious with their developments, and nostalgic for what cuba still presents. there were also a bunch of fancy hotels being constructed. these days, you can get by easily in havana without even knowing any spanish.

[dunksby]

i was under the impression Cuba was pretty dangerous these days?

maybe i'm thinking of somewhere else...

Venezuela.

[senelcoolidge]

It's kind of a spit in the face of the people that died fighting for freedom there. You know that Castro will just open his prisons again and there will be a be a large migration of Cubans to America.