We don't owe you squat...US Emabassy in Cuba reopens

It was inevitable that the US and Cuba would reestablish diplomatic relations.  I would have preferred to wait for Castro to kick off, but he did step down back in 2006, so just as well.  There was some talk of re-establishing relations back then, but that had to wait until 2015. 

Neither country is buddy-buddy but no one expected that either.

The US broke diplomatic relations back in 1961 when Cuba became a Soviet ally.  A Soviet ally 90 miles from Miami who a year later tried to have Russian nukes stationed there and nearly start World War III.  Cuba also tried to export Communist revolutions in Latin America--coming close in Nicaragua and El Salvador as well as Soviet requested interventions in Ethiopia and Angola.  Generally Castro like to stir up mischief all over the place.

The US has leased Guantanamo Bay since 1898.  Castro demanded it back in 1961, but we kept sending him rent checks which he never cashed.  In 1997, the ninty-nine year lease was up, but no one said anything, so there we are---still.

Back in 1961, the United States put Cuba under an economic embargo.  It was largely symbolic since the only export they had was sugar.  Furthermore, most of Latin America ignored it.  Still, it was good propaganda for Cuba who blamed the nation's poverty on the embargo. With the embargo lifted, that poverty will still be there.....hmmm...Well, that is brother Raul's problem.

Castro penned an essay demanding that the US pay milllions in debt that seem to exist only in his mind.

You are not getting squat.

Enjoy the new embassy. :-)