Emma McSherry
4/2/16
"Obama Visits Cuba"
Summary:
President Obama traveled to Cuba to meet with Cuban leader Raul Castro. No sitting president has visited Cuba since 1928. For many years Obama set a policy agenda stating that he wanted to repair relations with Cuba. Obama announced that he would be visiting Cuba to "advance our progress and efforts that can improve the lives of the Cuban people". Obama wants to end the trade embargo and encourage a change in the regime in Cuba. Obama not only met with Castro but a wide range of civil society leaders as well. Many of those people are Conservative and do not agree with Obama's decision to restore relations with Cuba. But, there were many communist people who once followed Fidel, who enjoyed and approved of Obama's speech. One communist man said that the communication between Obama and Raul is fundamental and very important for changing Cuba for the better after all of these years.
Analysis: When President Obama met with Raul Castro in Cuba, he fulfilled the expressed role written in the Constitution of being Chief Diplomat and meeting with other foreign leaders. Meeting with Raul Castro was very beneficial to the United States and to Cuba. Relations between the two countries has not been stable for many years, and repairing relations will allow trade between the two, and allow American citizens to travel there. Considered to be the fourth branch of government, the media had a field day with the POTUS trip to Cuba. The Belgium bombing happened while Obama was in Cuba, and it did not stop him from achieving all of his goals in Cuba.
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