"When what you're doing doesn't work for fifty years, it's time to try something new," Obama said."Our shift in Cuba policy has the potential to end a legacy¹ of mistrust in our hemisphere." 

 

The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday an engagement mission later this week by top U.S.diplomat² for Latin America Roberta Jacobson with the Cuban government to discuss re-establishing diplomatic relations, with the goal of reopening embassies in each other's capital as the first step to end their half-century enmity. 

 

The U.S. Departments of Treasury³ and Commerce on Thursday announced regulatory amendments⁴ to sanctions on Cuba following the U.S. president's last year's announcement of a set of diplomatic and economic changes to chart a new course in U.S. relations with Cuba. 

 

However, Republican leaders in two Congress Houses have threatened to frustrate⁵ key elements of Obama's plans by curtailing⁶ funding for a possible new embassy and blocking the appointment of an American ambassador to Cuba.

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