Yesterday, for the first time in 50 years, the US and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals. The hostile relationship between the two nations was established when Fidel Castro rose to power during the Cold War and has been in place ever since. Now, restrictions on traveling to each other’s nations and banking have been removed. The US still has a trade embargo on Cuba and Guantanamo Bay remains operated by Washington. While some applaud Obama’s decision to relieve the enmity between the two nations, others are protesting the ties the White House is establishing with the communist Castro government. Many 2016 Republican candidates have stepped forward to voice their disapproval, with Marco Rubio commenting that “this notion that somehow being able to travel more to Cuba, to sell more consumer products, the idea that’s going to lead to some democratic opening is absurd.” Do you approve of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries?
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