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On December 17, 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the "normalization" of diplomatic relations with Cuba and the lifting of several restrictions on personal, economic and financial activities imposed by the U.S. government in January 1961, when the blockade was enacted. This "normalization," Obama said, was the result of 18 months of negotiations among Cuban President Raul Castro, Obama, and Pope Francis. What is the meaning of this retreat by U.S. imperialism in relation to an embargo that has strangled the Cuban Revolution for the past 53 years? |