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This chapter examines the obstacles that hinder the advancement of Cuba-U.S. relations by examining the challenges faced both in the immediate post-17D period and under Trump, and the limits to the evolving Cuba-U.S. relationship. This chapter discusses the expectations unmet and the difficulties surrounding the implementation of the measures announced by the United States, particularly in the economic sphere.
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The scientists are Alexander Stubbs of the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States and Fernando Montealegre-Zapata of the University of Lincoln in the UK (AP and Tidey 2019).
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Laguardia Martinez, J., Chami, G., Montoute, A., Mohammed, D.A. (2020). Limits on the Cuba-U.S. Relationship. In: Changing Cuba-U.S. Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20366-5_6
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