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Less than a month is left for Cuba to have a new president. In terms of international policy, the entire world has been sensitive to this moment of change and has procured to accompany the process. This is not the case with the United States, whose current president retook the type of discourse and policies that prevailed until 2016, before Barack Obama, in coordination with the Cuban government, thawed the Cold War ice and sat at the negotiation table with Cuba.<\/p>\n

In an extensive article, the U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs explores the conditions of the island\u2019s \u201cnew era\u201d and how the U.S. hostility damages that country\u2019s interests not only in Cuba but also on a regional and world level.<\/p>\n

The differences<\/h3>\n

\u201cMeet the new boss,\u201d says the text signed by Marguerite Jim\u00e9nez, senior associate of the Washington Office for Latin American Affairs (WOLA) for Cuba, referring to Cuban First Vice President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, who will most probably replace Ra\u00fal Castro in the post of Head of State.<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel will assume the post one day before turning 58, noted the article, pointing out the age as one of the principal differences in relation to his predecessors. Fidel Castro was 81 when he handed over power to his brother, who has ruled from 76 to 86 years of age. The Cuban first vice president, together with 70 percent of the population, doesn\u2019t know a Cuba that isn\u2019t that of the Cuban Revolution.<\/p>\n

For the first time in six decades the person who holds the post will not be someone from the historic generation. He will not have participated in the revolutionary struggles, and therefore will not enjoy \u201cthe most basic form of legitimacy\u201d of other officials, which the author calls \u201crevolutionary pedigree.\u201d In addition, he will be the first civilian president since 1952.<\/p>\n

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Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel standing in line to vote in the elections for the National Assembly, in Santa Clara, on March 11, 2018. Photo: Alejandro Ernesto \/ Photo Pool via AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based on notes about D\u00edaz-Canel\u2019s curriculum as a politician of the system, he is someone who from the position of first secretary of the Communist Party on a provincial level won a reputation as \u201can efficient manager, pragmatist, and man of the people,\u201d says Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel would rise gradually through a meritocratic route: he joined the Central Committee in 1991, was minister of higher education in 2009 and was later named vice president in 2013. He would be the president of a country that is still recovering from the last hurricane, is trying to adapt to the reduction of oil subsidies from Venezuela and is facing continuous restrictions from the U.S. blockade.<\/p>\n

Jim\u00e9nez considers that his legitimacy could be generated by delivering on promises more rapidly in terms of reforms, the expansion to access to information, improvements in quality of life, and greater opportunities for the country\u2019s youth. And, at the same time, carry out the currency unification, continue to promote foreign investment, and improve efficiency in the state sector.<\/p>\n

U.S. vs the world<\/h3>\n

It is a proven fact that the United States and other outside actors will not determine these changes\u2019 pace. They can, however \u2013 the article adds – create a climate in which reform is easier.<\/p>\n

The author mentions the creation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between Cuba and the European Union; Cuba\u2019s creditors\u2019 collaboration in writing-off debts; and actions by powers like Russia and China affirming their political and economic alliance with the island.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountries around the world are becoming more involved with Cuba precisely at the moment when the United States is becoming less so,\u201d with measures that go against his predecessor\u2019s legacy, reversing the commitment to rapprochement, slowing (though not prohibiting) travel to the island, limiting the possibilities for new commercial engagement, and sharply cutting back the staffing of the embassies in both countries.<\/p>\n

The article concludes by saying that \u201cDuring a time of historic change on the island, the United States needs to more directly engage with Cuba (and if it doesn\u2019t, others will). At minimum, this should include a fully staffed and active embassy in Havana. Even for a hawkish Trump administration, re-staffing the embassy would serve the U.S. national interest, including by gathering on-the-ground information about Cuba\u2019s changing dynamics and strengthening cooperation in law enforcement, counternarcotics, human trafficking, and environmental issues. The United States has nothing to gain from its current policy of hostility. In fact, by seeking to isolate Cuba, Washington will only succeed in isolating itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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