FACT SHEET ON U.S. CUBAN RELATIONS
buzzz worthy. . . ACT SHEET: United States-Cuba Relationship President Obama’s trip to Cuba marks a historic milestone in the normalization process between the United States and Cuba. Since President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced that the two countries would initiate a new era of relations 15 months ago , we have expanded cooperation across a range of areas for the benefit of the citizens of both the United States and Cuba. We are advancing our shared interests and working together on complex issues that for too long defined – and divided – our relationship. The President’s Cuba policy now allows us to more effectively improve the lives of the Cuban people, advance our interests and values, and build broader ties of cooperation across the Americas. Normalization will be a complex, long-term process and challenges remain, but President Obama believes that engagement offers a path toward success where isolation has failed fo...