In other words, the Obama administration has asked Cuba,
which now has full diplomatic relations with the United States, to help convince
Venezuela to normalize relations with Washington, and — this is my own
interpretation of Kerry’s words — to release political prisoners and press
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to allow credible international observers
during the December elections. At first sight, the idea that the Obama
administration would ask Cuba — a military dictatorship that has not allowed a
free election in more than five decades — to help persuade Venezuela to hold
free elections and uphold democratic principles sounds preposterous.More ….
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