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And i believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the cuban people. i also believe that more resources should be able to reach the cuban people. so we're significantly increasing the amount of money that can be sent to cuba and removing limits on remittences that support humanitarian projects, the cuban people and the emerging cuban private sector. i believe that american businesses should not be put at a disadvantage and that increased commerce is good for americans and for cubans. so we will facilitate authorized transactions between the united states and cuba. u.s. financial ins...

Intricate set of discussions. lots of moving parts. but i think, reverend sharpton, the most important aspect is that it maybe took a younger president. someone who was not involved in international politics at the height of the cold war, to see that cold war policy of isolating cuba had not succeeded. to have the courage to change it. and cuba is just filled with cold war memories, from the bay of pigs fiasco to the cuban missile crisis of 1962. maybe the zenith of the cold war was fought over cuba. we're a long time past that. i think this does give the united states an opportunity to reasse...

Described as a 45-minute or one-hour phone conversation, the most significant conversation, the most detailed conversation that an american president has had with a cuban leader in more than 50 years. once again, going back to the cuban revolution in 1961. cnn espanol's correspondent has been covering this relationship for a long time. juan carlos, how is this going to be received throughout the hemisphere? i think the united states was really the only country, correct me if i'm wrong, that did not have full diplomatic relations with cuba. >> reporter: it's sinking in, wolf. the announcement i...

The u.s. got alan gross, an american contractor held for five years, he's now back here in the united states. another u.s. spy who had been held by cuba for 20 years, he is freed as well. three cuban prisoners held in the u.s., part of the cuban five, they have been released as well. carl levin, democrat from michigan, good news, bad news, what do you think, senator? >> i think this is the right thing to do by the president. alan gross is somebody who never should have been in prison. there's another very important intelligence operative who's paid a heavy price for helping america. he's been ...

Shown that isolation has not worked. it's time for a new approach. second, i've instructed secretary kerry to review cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. this review will be guided by the facts and the law. terrorism has changed in the last several decades. at a time when we are focused on threats from al qaeda to isil, a nation that meets our conditions and renounces the use of terrorism should not face this sanction. third, we are taking steps to increase travel, commerce and the flow of information to and from cuba. this is fundamentally about freedom and openness and also ex...