Cuba: U.S. moves to change policy toward Cuba.(Cover story)

Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication | May 4, 2009 | Copyright

Ice never forms in the warm Caribbean Sea. Yet U.S. relations with the island nation of Cuba, only 90 miles from Florida, have been in a deep freeze for nearly 50 years. The two nations have no high-level diplomatic relations. They regard each other as enemies, and deeply mistrust the other's government.

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President Barack Obama wants that to change. Shortly before leaving for the Summit of the Americas (April 17-19) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the president fulfilled a campaign promise by taking the first step in breaking ...

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