Cuban American National Foundation
Chairman of the Board of the Cuban American National Foundation, a Cuban exile organization dedicated to the promotion of a democratic Cuba; son of Jorge Mas Canosa, a well known anti-Castro critic and lobbyist, deemed a "counter-revolutionary" by the Cuban government
Washington Opens Ties with Havana President Obama says isolation and punishment have not forced Communist Cuba to change, so he’s reversing 50 years of diplomatic policy. He said the US will end its isolation of Cuba and begin establishing normal relations by opening an embassy in Havana. Critics call normalizing relations an "undeserved bailout" of the Castro regime, based on the "illusion" that renewed ties will translate into political freedom. But supporters say it puts the onus on Cuba itself to further liberalize its economy, allow more dissenting voices and, ultimately, to establish democracy. Will it produce a historic transition or more of the same?
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