Hi everybody Cheryl Ackison here.

Welcome to another edition of full measure after hours.

You know Cuba is America's closest adversary in terms of sheer proximity.

Today a visit to the Communist Island Nation to hear their government's view of the

longstanding U.S. embargo, how it really came about Cuba's

relationship with China, threats to the US, and what happens next. Sunday, November 19th is my cover story on Cuba, post-Castro and the rocky relationship between Cuba and the U.S. and what it's done to

Cuba and the Cuban people. Why is it we still have an embargo against Cuba that

cripples the Communist island and the people who live there?

Why do they get the tough treatment that we don't give to Communist China or

communist Vietnam even after Castro is long gone from Cuba. In today's podcast you're going to

get to hear the modern Cuban government viewpoint from Carlos Fernando

Decosio Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.

I begin by asking him what's his understanding of what the U.S. says would have to change in

Cuba for the embargo to be lifted or for there to be a different economic relationship.

Here is Carlos Fernando DiCocchio.

The US has a a changing goalpost during the years.

Many years ago, it was our presence in Africa and solidarity with the peoples of Africa,

then that we supported countries in Central America.

At another moment that we had a relationship with the Soviet Union that doesn't exist,

it hasn't been changing the goalspost.

Then because we didn't have enough internet, then be we didn't have enough internet then because we didn't have enough of a

private sector so they changed the goal post the the real aim seems to be a

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