Viet Nam Human Rights
Process to normalize US - Cuba relations
22/12/14
On
December 17th, the United States
and Cuba
announced an agreement to normalize relations, opening a new chapter for the
relations between the two countries. For US President Barack Obama and Cuban President
Raul Castro issued a historical statement, it has been a process of
“confidential diplomacy” lasted 18 months with positive mediating role of Pope
Francis.
According
to the Washington Post, in a speech televised on Dencember 17th,
President B.Obama declared “it's time to terminate obsolete approach which can
not help promote US-Cuba relations”. However, in order to put out this, it has
gone through a difficult journey.
According
to the Washington Post, in Spring 2013, US President allowed two senior
advisers to contact with representatives of the Cuban government, discuss the
possibility of promoting leading negotiations. By June of that year, Deputy
National Security Advisor to US Ben Rhodes with Ricardo Zuniga - advisor over
problems of Latin America flew to Canada for the first meeting among
9 confidential ones with Cuban partners. Canada did not participate directly
in the negotiation process at that time.
The
secret meeting took place in tension when the US
held opinion that “there can be no improvement in bilateral relations if Cuba
does not release the contractor Alan Gross, an American citizen”. By early
2014, a powerful middleware else involved in this process, it was Pope Francis.
Be the
first Latin American holding the highest position in the Vatican stretch, the
Pope mentioned the possibility of rapprochement US
- Cuba with President Obama
when he visited the Vatican
in March. By summer, the Pope sent a letter to both President Obama and Cuban
President Raul to propose the two sides resolve the humanitarian problems such prisoners in Guantanamo ,
Cuba would set free American
citizens Alan Gross and America
would release Cuban spies. In the letter, the Pope native of the first Latin
American also urged the two Presidents to end the freeze relations lasted for
decades, openning a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
Thanks to
the Pope and his close associates such as former representative of the Pope in Cuba or the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro
Parolini - an adept diplomacy, Vatican
secretly held a meeting and welcame nature of the decision between
representatives of the United States
and Cuba
in last October. Meanwhile, Secretary Kerry made four telephone conversation
with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez to further discuss the conditions
for normalizing relations, in which focused on the case of Mr. Alan Gross.
By the fall of 2014, the United
States and Cuba
completed the deal for the release of Alan Gross in the meeting at the Vatican stretch. Then, Washington
had in turn freed three soldiers Cuban intelligence detained in prisons in the United States US imposed a ban
campaign against Cuba
It can be
affirmed that, although this is only the first step in the long process ahead,
but this event is the turning point, marked the early history to the United
States lifted the embargo lasted for more than half a century, thereby
promoting bilateral relations in the fields of economy, trade, culture,
education, sports,... meeting the legitimate aspirations of the peoples of the
two countries.
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All comments [ 10 ]
no matter how much conservatives wail and moan and gnash their teeth about us normalizing our relations with Cuba, it's gonna happen. That's what's so sweet.
I'm all for this. I'm also all for eliminating the get your foot in American sand you are here for life policy. We have embassies in nasty countries all over the world. Cuba isn't even close to the top of the nasty list.
Fifty year old mutual grudge dissolved. That's a good thing.
All great stuff…except the main reason I enjoy going to Cuba….is no US citizens. Granted I don’t go often, but it’s certainly noticeable.
We agree with President Obama that he is writing new chapters in American foreign policy.
For over 50 years, the policy of isolating Cuba has failed to achieve any democratic reforms. It has, however, succeeded in giving the Castros a convenient excuse for the failures of socialism.
Engagement isn't going to turn Cuba into a model democracy overnight, but as we've seen around the world, it will certainly be an improvement over the status quo.
Government control over the island will be lessened by increased American contact and commerce, and these changes will provide a boost to those who will actually make change in Cuba—the Cubans themselves.
I don't often agree with President Obama, but he was right to begin the process of normalizing relations with Cuba.
National jokes about Castro, food, and the embargo are shared as he tells the story of the people on receiving end of the U.S. and Cuba’s policies. It also focuses on some of the nation’s success, such as its health care.
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