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Opinion: Why a return to Obama-era policy on Cuba would be a big mistake

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Some are opining on President Biden 's legacy by calling for a return to Obama ’s failed policy.

Julian Zelizer : Some are leaving out key facts to advance their claim that the 2014 thaw was successful.

Zelizer says Obama 's claim that U.S. “changing its relationship with the people of Cuba ” was among “the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years ” ignored the past actions of the Nixon , Ford , Carter and Clinton administrations to do the same.

The European Union and Canada continue to send millions of Euros and Canadian dollars to the Cuban dictatorship.

This economic engagement has not prevented Cuban soldiers from donning Russian uniforms and fighting for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine , Havana openly supporting Moscow ’s invasion of its European neighbor.

Cuban agents assisting Nicolas Maduro in undermining democracy in Venezuela and torturing Venezuelan dissidents.

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