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Sitting u.s. president to visit the communist nation since 1928. everything was reopening. the u.s. embargo was being relaxed and then along came donald j. trump. he targeted cuba with a raft of policies. including travel restrictions and a crackdown on business dealings. all but reversing the obama era policies. unsurprisingly, these moves helped cripple the country and its economy. paired with surging cases of covid-19, cuba is now in serious economic turmoil. to be clear, much of that turmoil has also been caused by the dictatorial regime in havana. in the last week, we've seen unprecedente...

When we opened up space, just the last two years of the obama administration, a growing cuban private sector suddenly had resources pumped into it because it was connected to the grid of the cuban economy. the people were suddenly connected to the americans who were traveling down there. we negotiated as part of the normalization deal with the cuban government not just the release of 53 political prisoners, but also increased internet access in cuba, increased wi-fi in cuba, entry for u.s. technology and social media platforms into cuba that became part of the way people in cuba were able to e...

Calvin coolidge in 1928. everything was reopening. the u.s. embargo was being relaxed, and then along came donald j. trump. he targeted cuba with a raft of policies. all but reversing the obama era policies. and these moves have helped cripple the country and its economy. paired with surging cases of covid-19, cuba is now in serious economic turmoil. to be clear, much of that turmoil has also been caused by the dictatorial regime in havana. in just the last week, we've seen protests, government supporters taking to the streets, though, it's difficult to tell what's driving different groups of ...

If we want to respond to the cuban people, we should actually listen to them. >> ben, you mentioned cuba's 90 miles off the coast of florida. this is a major political dilemma for the democrats right now. you have val demings running for the senate against marco rubio in florida. she can't win in a place like florida if she doesn't take a hawkish stance on florida, which she is taking. and that's been a problem for the democrats. florida is a swing state where a bunch of conservative people on cuba insist on a hawkish policy on cuba and your party has to go along with it. >> barack obama ran f...

How you do diplomacy with dictators like the castros. what do you say to your critics? >> i would say that we were learning from the mistakes of 60 years. we were learning from what had not worked in america's cuba policy. this is an island of 11 million people. it is 90 miles from florida. if you allow for travel, the internet, the people are going to be empowered. you talk about a lot of american politicians, talking about the cuban people want. there was research after the obama opening that found that 97% of the cuban people supported normalization. they desperately want that interaction w...