As U.S. eases hostilities, Cuba faces new challenge

By Daniel Trotta
  • World

  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

A car with a Cuban flag is parked near Cuban Capitol in Havana December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - For decades, it was Cuba's first response to criticism.

Poor economic performance? An obvious effect of a U.S. trade embargo that amounted to a blockade of the island nation by a bullying superpower.

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