The Raw Story: Revealed: How Obama outmaneuvered hardliners and cut a Cuba deal

The December breakthrough that upended a half-century of U.S.-Cuba enmity has been portrayed as the fruit of 18 months of secret diplomacy. But Reuters interviews with more than a dozen people with direct knowledge of the process reveal a longer, painstakingly cautious quest by U.S. President...

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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on March 23, 2015 at 01:34PM