Much of what has been accomplished has altered the diplomatic landscape for the better. But the unfinished trade – chiefly the US embargo – has meant the impact of normalisation has yet to be felt by most Cubans A year after Raúl Castro and Barack Obama made the surprise announcement that they would break the cold war deadlock between Cuba and the United States,expectations for change are now so tall that a deal this week to resume direct commercial flights barely made a ripple.
The easing of air travel after decades of controls would once own made headline news around the world, but after a year of historic breakthroughs this is now seen as just another step.
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Source: theguardian.com