A number of countries like Mexico, Vietnam and Russia have defied the American blockade by sending food, medicines, oxygen tanks and petroleum products to Cuba.
This change is something important, particularly for young people whose life experiences with the neighbor to the north lack [the aura of] criminal sabotage.
The continued warming of Cuban-American relations will aid America in removing the influence of foreign powers in Latin America. This is certainly one of the most important motivations for Obama’s visit to Cuba.