Resumption of U.S.-Cuba Diplomatic Ties Hits One-year Mark
Resumption of U.S.-Cuba Diplomatic Ties Hits One-year Mark
“Commercial airline service supports our policy of engagement and allows for a normal relationship with Cuba,” says AS/COA’s Alana Tummino on the one year mark of renewed U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations.
...Early that morning of July 20, 2015 in a State Department lobby, the Cuban flag joined the flags of other nations with which the United States has diplomatic relations and later that day the Cubans held a ceremony marking the conversion of their interests section in Washington, D.C. into a full-fledged embassy after a gap of 54 years….
…But despite a presidential visit, an agreement on resuming commercial flights, many meetings on issues of mutual concern, resumption of direct mail service, sports and cultural exchanges, the first cruise from Miami to Cuba in more than 50 years, and the introduction of U.S. credit cards to the island, analysts say Cuba has been slow on the uptake of some of the Obama administration initiatives….
…There’s also a mismatch between the investment opportunities that Cuba wants to prioritize vs. the areas where the U.S. government permits American businesses to invest, said Alana Tummino, who heads the Americas Society/Council of the Americas Cuba working group….
