HAVANA — Next week, on Jan. 21, this capital city will be the stage for the round of talks that each semester brings together Cuban and U.S. government officials. The agenda of these meetings has always been (officially, at least) limited to migration matters and timely issues of lesser importance. The meetings have also served to extend feelers on issues of greater weight. The one that approaches, however, is different. The core issue — the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries — has already been defined by both presidents and applauded by the international community . . . There, in addition to the focus on U.S.-Cuba bilateral relations, we might see signs of how Latin America — with its ongoing changes and integrations, with its links to China, Russia and BRIC — fits into the grand and complex geopolitical stage that’s still developing around the world. Are we passing from a Cold War to a Tepid War with multiple variants and instruments? I would like to see the Cuba-U.S. dialogue to be guided by common sense and pragmatism, with an emphasis on what’s coming, not on what separates us and pulls us apart.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:40:29 +0000
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