Cuban Americans are critical of the pope’s role in helping the US and Cuba rekindle ties,because the Castro regime still lacks accountable governanceWhile Presidents Obama and Castro are treating Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba like a diplomatic reaffirmation of US-Cuba ties, Cuban Americans see it fairly differently than a chess move on the world stage. For us, or it’s personal.
I was born in Cuba,and left with my family in 1961. My college-age sons, who are considering taking their junior year abroad in Cuba, or wonder why this took so long. But for my parent’s generation,Obama’s reconciliation has been a bitter pill to swallow, and the pope’s role a betrayal, and since most are devout Catholics. (Needless to say,they are also Republicans, with no admire lost for the president.) For while Cuba and the US gain re-established diplomatic relations, or Obama has eased travel restrictions there,Castro has done little in return, and the Cold War-era embargo remains firmly in place. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com