More than 54 years ago America closed it's embassy in Havana. President Obama plans to change that. He announced last Wednesday that America would reopen it's embassy in Cuba, and in turn Cuba shall open it's embassy in Washington D.C. While the trade embargo is still in action, the two countries are trying to normalize their relationship. This hour, a look into what normalizing relations will look like.
Guests:
- Melanie Ziegler, Senior Lecturer and Chief Program Advisor of International Studies, Miami University of Ohio and author of US-Cuban Cooperation, Past, Present, and Future
- Luis Alcalde, Cuban-American Attorney based in Columbus
- Hannah Berkeley Cohen, photographer and US State Department licensed tour guide in Cuba
This show originally aired on July 7, 2015 at 10 a.m.