{"id":13290,"date":"2015-08-01T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-01T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=13290"},"modified":"2016-12-20T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:28:46","slug":"new-era-u-s-cuba-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/new-era-u-s-cuba-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Era in U.S. and Cuba Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/vasquez-paul\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8698 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/11\/Vasquez-e1409927637221.jpg\" alt=\"Vasquez\" width=\"189\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/vasquez-paul\/\">Dr. Paul Vasquez<\/a>, lecturer and undergraduate coordinator, shared his thoughts on the historic efforts to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. <em>Pegasus<\/em>, the\u00a0official magazine of UCF, turned to him for his to speak in relation to this topic in the article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/horizon-cuba\/\">Horizon Cuba<\/a>.&#8221; Dr. Vasquez, who is of Cuban ancestry and\u00a0teaches American\u00a0Foreign Policy, stated, \u201ctotally open trade and tourism won\u2019t be possible in the immediate future because of laws passed on our side.\u201d This was one of the many challenges faced by the U.S. as it tries to overcome with the difficulties in moving forward to a new normal.<\/p>\n<p>This article then talks about the technical details that stagger into play on whether or not this should be something to consider. Dr. Vasquez argues that that the normalization process could very well be politically contentious and have a greater role in Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u00a0Furthermore, while the Obama administration&#8217;s decision to create more opportunities with this process is seen by critics as rewarding\u00a0that island&#8217;s Communist government, Vasquez concluded that expanded control efforts\u00a0will\u00a0make life\u00a0difficult for the Castro regime due to heightened positive\u00a0expectations from\u00a0the typical Cuban citizen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Paul Vasquez, lecturer and undergraduate coordinator, shared his thoughts on the historic efforts to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba. 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