Cuba and the United States: A triumph of political realism.
Cuba and the United States: A triumph of political realism. Roberto M. Yepe Papastamatin Professor and researcher Centro de Estudios Hemisféricos y sobre Estados Unidos Universidad de La Habana The diplomatic rapprochement between Cuba and the United States has profound implications for both countries and for the inter-American relations system as a whole. First, this historic event signals a long overdue rectification and the recognition of the Cuban Revolution’s legitimacy by the most powerful nation that has ever existed, after decades of aggressions and hostility. Therefore it represents a well-deserved outcome for the resilient Cuban people, its firm political leadership and for all those across the world that have offered its unconditional solidarity to the Cuban revolutionary process. But I want to focus here on the possible meaning of this process in the wider picture of U.S. foreign policy. Historically two main and divergent approach