The Associated Press is reporting that Barack Obama is the first president in nearly 50 years to be in a position to change U.S. policy on Cuba. Thanks in part to the bad taste left from the outgoing Bush presidency, recent reforms Cuba, and the failing health of Fidel Castro, Obama has indicated that he is willing to talk to Cuban President Raul Castro, though he has also said that the U.S. embargo of the island nation will continue until the country shows “significant steps toward democracy.”
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