Cuba: On the road-path of a new change.

  Cuba has been in the headlines these last recent days regarding the visit of President Obama and the changes that will be implemented regarding the relationship between both countries. The Obama administration in his last two years in office has made official changes in the relations between the two countries which have been hostile for the last 55 years according to the Washington times.

Cuban Leader Raul Castro with President Obama

The relations between both countries were suspended in 1961 after the Cuban Revolution took over American business and allied with the Soviet Union. Since then only word of war where exchanged and futile attempts by the exile community in Miami to topple the Castro regime. Most recently the rapprochement was due to economical benefits to the island, and due to the small but significant reforms Raul has implemented on the island. Small homerun enterprises have sprung up through the island giving way for more economical freedom to the citizens.Also the waning power of the Castro brothers is more evident, as freedom of media and education has expanded the knowledge of the Cubans . Raul who is the current head of state is due to retire in 2018 according to Cuban media. The United States wants to play a role in the democratization of Cuba if the power struggle takes shape for a successor of the leader. 

On Sunday March 20th both leaders will meet in Havana, Cuba and discuss lifting the embargo and the future of the Guantanamo Base in Southeastern Cuba. Obama will also be expected to meet several disidents in order to discuss the democratic transition that Cuba is having and support their cause.