President Obama’s initiatives for improved relations with Cuba will include more opportunities for religious leaders to visit the island nation. The president’s plan immediately launches discussions about restoring diplomatic relations, which were severed in 1961.
“I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result,” the president said, referring to the longstanding U.S. policy of seeking to isolate the island nation. “Moreover, it does not serve America’s interests, or the Cuban people, to try to push Cuba toward collapse.”
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