United States and Cuba had announced restoring diplomatic relations after approximately six decades. After the announcement was made, both United States and Cuba re-established embassy in Havana and Washington D.C. respectively. The restoration is hoped to improve economy in Cuba in terms of bank transactions, trades and travel as United States imposed embargo on Cuba in 1960s by initiating economic sanction, banning trades and bank transactions which are still in operation today. United States is now working on easing the travel and trade rules on doing business in Cuba (Donnelly, 2015). Also, the restoration is hoped to open up the international culture to Cuba because Cuba has limited access to internet and it costs several dollars for an hour where majority of Cuban cannot afford (Gutierrez, 2015).
The diplomatic relation between both countries was stopped in 1961 when Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba wanted to overthrow the government and build relations with the former USSR. The action taken by Castro led to the ending of diplomatic relation between United States and Cuba which then led to the economic sanctions, banning of trades and financial transaction towards Cuba in 1962 (Letisinger, 2014).
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The re-establish diplomatic relation was due to their national interest, for example in economy. Restoration of diplomatic relations can help to boost up the economy for both United States and Cuba. Cuba produces best quality tobacco and the Americans are the biggest consumer of Cuban cigarettes. Since United States imposed embargo towards Cuba 60 years ago, Cuba lost millions of dollars of income from business sectors (Mcclam, 2015). Now, with the approval of easing the trade embargo, America travellers are allowed to bring cigarettes worth up to $100 from Cuba. This has been said as a good news to both cigarettes retailers and Cuban cigarettes consumers (Ted Kemp and Fred Imbert,