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Article: On Cuba, Obama must first think of Latin America - and democracy.(Barack Obama)(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 10, 2009
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Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board
How to deal with Cuba has vexed US presidents since communist Fidel Castro took power in 1959. Now it is President Obama's turn. But this time, more than US-Cuban ties are at stake.
In coming days, Mr. Obama's actions toward the island state will reveal if he will be an active democracy promoter in global affairs, much like presidents before him.
So far, he appears to be putting other US interests first. Obama has distanced himself from the "freedom agenda" of George W. Bush. His secretary of state has downplayed human rights in China. The US no longer expects democracy in Afghanistan. And no matter what the ...