1. Obama's Cuba challenge.
- Author
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Fuentes, Leonardo Padura
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ESSAYS , *GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ,CUBA-United States relations - Abstract
The essay discusses the effect on the U.S. embargo of Cuba, begun in 1962, of factors such as the political shift in Latin America, the election of Barack Obama as U.S. President and the global financial crisis of 2008-09. It discusses the economic and humanitarian crisis in Cuba, known internally as the Special Period. It states that the Cuban government has shown signs of willingness to change and commends the U.S. for its more realistic understanding of the situation.
- Published
- 2009