Last Updated on December 19, 2019, 5:18 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Mere five years ago, the United States and Cuba consented to resume diplomatic ties and started normalising relations after fifty years of resentment.
The action was acclaimed by many as a turning point in connections between the two nations, which had rested pierced in a Cold War-era deadlock.
But, while looking back at on the optimism of December 17, 2014, political analysts state that breakthrough convention between USA and Cuba is halted by the current administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The landmark deal was announced by then U.S. President Barack Obama, Former Cuban President Raul Castro after months of secretive communications, consulates were reestablished, inmates exchanged, and limitations on tourism to Cuba loosened.
However, the Donald Trump government which has governed a u-turn
in U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba with limits on tourism have been reimposed with more unrelenting policy towards migrants and refugees from Cuba.
In the last week, Cuba’s top representative told AFP news agency that Havana is bracing for the possibility that Washington might altogether remove connections once again, completely erasing all material shreds of evidence of the deal.
Anthony Morris covers stories related to politics and regional developments. His in-depth reporting about governance and reforms makes him stand out in regional journalism, with a deep analysis of political trends and their impact on Caribbean communities.
