Opinion

Is closing Gitmo a factor?

Posted July 30, 2015 1:00 am

From the Daily Herald, July 21: "At the reopening of the Cuban embassy (7/20/15/) and again at a joint news conference with Kerry, Rodriguez (Cuban Foreign Minister) repeated demands for the U.S. to end its 53-year embargo, return the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, stop efforts to change or reform Cuba's communist government and pay compensation for damage done to the island and its people over the past five decades. ... 'I emphasized that the total lifting of the blockade, the return of illegally occupied territory of Guantanamo as well as full respect for Cuban sovereignty and compensation to our people for human and economic damages are crucial to be able to move toward the normalization of relations,' Rodriguez said as Kerry stood beside him."

We are getting what? Remind me again why it was so important to re-establish relationships. Perhaps that "closing Gitmo" thing?

Joan Baillie

Wauconda

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