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Obama Compares U.S. and Cuba to Estranged “Brothers” in Address to Cuban People

HeadlineMar 23, 2016

President Obama has wrapped up his historic visit to Cuba after delivering an address to the Cuban people. It was the first-ever live address by a sitting U.S. president to the people of Cuba.

President Barack Obama: “I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas. … In many ways, the United States and Cuba are like two brothers who have been estranged for many years, even as we share the same blood. We both live in a new world, colonized by Europeans. Cuba, like the United States, was built in part by slaves brought here from Africa. Like the United States, the Cuban people can trace their heritage to both slaves and slave owners.”

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