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Russia or possibly china. and that the cubans likely would have been aware of it, but not necessarily behind it. >> that's my question. who would not want american relations to be normalized between america and cuba? who does that not benefit? >> well, russia does not like it. russia obviously has long-time relations with cuba going back to the cuban missile crisis and before when russia was actually going to put -- the soviet union was actually going to put nuclear weapons in cuba. at the same time, by the way, donald trump is not happy about the u.s./cuba relationship. remember barack obama ...

Now gone lifts a huge emotional burden from their shoulders and is a source of joy. from a religious point of view no one should be happy that another human being is dead. but the fact is how did we feel when saddam hussein was killed? they feel as joyful as the iraqi people were when we killed saddam hussein. >> reporter: gracias, roberto, a typical feeling that we've heard from people around the day. >> thank you, ed lavendera. we'll check back with you soon. the u.s./cuba relationship has only recently started to normalize. the u.s. launched a trade embargo against the island nation in 1959...

Completely dependent upon the soviet union. so they are looking for how to cushion themselves further against any typical absence. the same reason they've been negotiating a free trade agreement with the european union, as well. >> all right, jason, thank you very much, appreciate it. >> great, thank you very much. 2015 could be a turning point in the u.s./cuba relationship. and in tech and in the economy, i know because i'm krystal ball. that's next.

White house, and they can move down that path, but we're all going to be watching very closely. look, i want to see a much better relationship between cuba and the united states. but we'll continue to speak out about human rights violations because we know that's the best way to protect people's rights is for us to continue to put spotlights on countries doing things that are wrong. >> senator, we're just getting an over the wires a reaction from florida governor and of course much potential 2016 candidate jeb bush. he says he opposes this move to normalize cuba relations. we've been hearing s...

Venezuela has been cuba's not sugar daddy, but oil daddy. they have subsidized to cuba. russia a similar deal as well. russia and venezuela are both highly dependent on the price of oil. their economies are sinking fast as the price of oil falls. part of the thawing of the relationship goes to economics, cuba realizeding if we to want maintain any level of economic stanlt, little by the way the country has, they have to lessen their dependence on countries that are highly dependent on oil like venezuela. by the way, many think it's going to default on its debt because of this. and the subsidie...