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A New Chapter in US-Cuba RelationsOnstage or Backstage? Latin America and US-Cuban Relations

A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations: Onstage or Backstage? Latin America and US-Cuban Relations [On December 17, 2014, three days after Havana celebrated the tenth anniversary of the official creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (or ALBA, its acronym in Spanish), Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced that, after more than half a century of hostilities between the United States and Cuba, the countries had begun bilateral talks to reestablish diplomatic relations. The announcement—and the secret talks that led to it—may have come as a surprise for Cuba’s closest ally in the region, the Bolivarian government of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, but it was long desired by Latin American and Caribbean governments. Although most of these governments, particularly the more left-leaning ones, continue to denounce the US embargo on Cuba in regional and international forums, expectations had been on the rise since President Obama’s attendance at the fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain in April 2009, where he promised a different, more open approach to US-Latin American relations. Hopes were high that Cuba, the only country in the hemisphere excluded from the Inter-American system, could return to the fold and participate in the Summits of the Americas. This was further evident at the sixth Summit, held in Cartagena de Indias in 2012, where Latin American and Caribbean leaders increased pressure on the United States to include Cuba in any future Summit and the host, Colombian President Santos, paid a special visit to President Castro in Havana before the gathering.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New Chapter in US-Cuba RelationsOnstage or Backstage? Latin America and US-Cuban Relations

Part of the Studies of the Americas Book Series
Editors: Hershberg, Eric; LeoGrande, William M.
Serbin, Andrés
A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations — Apr 18, 2016
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-31151-7
Pages
179 –189
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-29595-4_13
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Abstract

[On December 17, 2014, three days after Havana celebrated the tenth anniversary of the official creation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (or ALBA, its acronym in Spanish), Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced that, after more than half a century of hostilities between the United States and Cuba, the countries had begun bilateral talks to reestablish diplomatic relations. The announcement—and the secret talks that led to it—may have come as a surprise for Cuba’s closest ally in the region, the Bolivarian government of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, but it was long desired by Latin American and Caribbean governments. Although most of these governments, particularly the more left-leaning ones, continue to denounce the US embargo on Cuba in regional and international forums, expectations had been on the rise since President Obama’s attendance at the fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain in April 2009, where he promised a different, more open approach to US-Latin American relations. Hopes were high that Cuba, the only country in the hemisphere excluded from the Inter-American system, could return to the fold and participate in the Summits of the Americas. This was further evident at the sixth Summit, held in Cartagena de Indias in 2012, where Latin American and Caribbean leaders increased pressure on the United States to include Cuba in any future Summit and the host, Colombian President Santos, paid a special visit to President Castro in Havana before the gathering.]

Published: Apr 18, 2016

Keywords: Foreign Policy; Caribbean Country; Bilateral Talk; Latin American Regionalism; Cuban Government

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