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Mr Obama said Washington's current approach was "outdated" and the changes were the "most significant" in US policy towards Cuba in 50 years.

Cuban President Raul Castro said he welcomed the shift in a TV address.

The move includes the release of US contractor Alan Gross and three Cubans held in the US.

Wednesday's announcements follow more than a year of secret talks in Canada and at the Vatican, directly involving Pope Francis.

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Raul Castro said through an interpreter, that President Obama should lift the embargo through executive order. Looks like he knows as much about our Constitution as Barack Obama.
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Flood them with tourist dollars, iPods and porn. Cuban Communism will be dead within 3 weeks.
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RangerX wrote:Flood them with tourist dollars, iPods and porn. Cuban Communism will be dead within 3 weeks.
For U.S. businesses and tourists, opportunities abound in Cuba


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I know several Bay of Pigs vets. Served in El Salvador with, Felix Rodriguez, Lew Rodriguez, Juan Lopez, among others. Strong dudes. Many of them enlisted and served in Viet-Nam. Small world.

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Anyone seen Alpha House on Amazon? They talked about this. Some hard line Cuban Refugees are going to be pissed if the government tries reconciliation.
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rangertough wrote:Anyone seen Alpha House on Amazon? They talked about this. Some hard line Cuban Refugees are going to be pissed if the government tries reconciliation.
The zealotry displayed by some of the American Cuban community often makes the Taliban seem tame. Many in South Florida have made an industry out of it, all to the potential detriment to those still stuck in the 50s in Cuba.
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