Cuba's new President Miguel Diaz-Canel was among the first foreign leaders to congratulate Nicolas Maduro on his re-election as the president of Venezuela on May 20.
A month before the Venezuelan election, Maduro was the first foreign leader to meet with 58-year-old Diaz-Canel, who became Cuba's president in April in a development that signaled a generational shift.
Cuba values its alliance with Venezuela, which is crucial for both countries in facing an increasingly hostile U.S. blockade policy.
Some in the U.S. are still probably holding onto feeble hope that having the first non-Castro president in Cuba in 60 years may bring about significant changes to the country's foreign policy.
Such misplaced optimism may build on the Barack Obama administration's decision in December 2014 to restore diplomatic relations with Havana, even though the U.S. has gone directionless under President Donald Trump.
So far there is no sign that Cuba is considering revisions to its foreign policy that underlines solidarity with developing countries and is imbued with anti-imperialist declarations of the charismatic Fidel Castro.
https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2018/06/08/cuba-sticks-to-castros-foreign-policy-under-new-president
A month before the Venezuelan election, Maduro was the first foreign leader to meet with 58-year-old Diaz-Canel, who became Cuba's president in April in a development that signaled a generational shift.
Cuba values its alliance with Venezuela, which is crucial for both countries in facing an increasingly hostile U.S. blockade policy.
Some in the U.S. are still probably holding onto feeble hope that having the first non-Castro president in Cuba in 60 years may bring about significant changes to the country's foreign policy.
Such misplaced optimism may build on the Barack Obama administration's decision in December 2014 to restore diplomatic relations with Havana, even though the U.S. has gone directionless under President Donald Trump.
So far there is no sign that Cuba is considering revisions to its foreign policy that underlines solidarity with developing countries and is imbued with anti-imperialist declarations of the charismatic Fidel Castro.
https://www.dailysabah.com/op-ed/2018/06/08/cuba-sticks-to-castros-foreign-policy-under-new-president
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