Great Decisions in Foreign Policy
Cuba
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After decades of isolation, America has begun taking major steps to normalize relations with Cuba, its neighbor to the south. The move marks a dramatic shift away from a policy that has its roots in one of the darkest moments of the Cold War — the Cuban missile crisis. Although the U.S. trade embargo is unlikely to end any time soon, American and Cuban leaders today are trying to bring a relationship once defined by a crisis in the 1960s into the 21st century.