“As President of the United States, I’ve called on our Congress to lift the embargo. (Applause.) It is an outdated burden on the Cuban people. It's a burden on the Americans who want to work and do business or invest here in Cuba. It's time to lift the embargo.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Cuba, Obama: Second Term, international politics, History, America
“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas. I have come here to extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Cuba, Obama: Second Term, international politics, History, America
“Havana is only 90 miles from Florida, but to get here we had to travel a great distance -- over barriers of history and ideology; barriers of pain and separation. The blue waters beneath Air Force One once carried American battleships to this island -- to liberate, but also to exert control over Cub…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Cuba, Obama: Second Term, international politics, History, America