New Embassy in Cuba – But Will Congress Kill the Deal?

by | Jul 1, 2015

President Obama will officially restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba today, in what is one bright spot in his otherwise not very encouraging foreign policy. Talks with Iran are the other positive. But as always, the devil is in the details. State-to-state relations are one thing, but for really “normal” relations what is needed is person-to-person relations. That means an end to the embargo and the travel ban. Let’s hope that is on its way soon and that Congress doesn’t obstruct the reversal of this half-century disaster. More on US-Cuba relations on today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

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    Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-Producer/co-Host, Ron Paul Liberty Report. Daniel served as the foreign affairs, civil liberties, and defense/intel policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-Texas) from 2001 until Dr. Paul’s retirement at the end of 2012. From 1993-1999 he worked as a journalist based in Budapest, Hungary, and traveled through the former communist bloc as a human rights monitor and election observer.

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