Cuban dissidents shaken by U.S. rapprochement, seek new tactics


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Dec 2014

HAVANA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's decision to end five decades of enmity with Cuba has shaken the island's political dissidents, dividing their ranks and forcing them to rethink tactics.

Throughout the Cold War and beyond, the United States relied on the small dissident movement to lead domestic opposition to Cuba's communist government and keep track of human rights abuses.

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