Quote of the Day

“Cuba's communist leadership has long cast itself as David standing up to the US Goliath and the crippling force of America's punitive trade and travel embargo. Now they have a problem: If Barack Obama follows through on campaign promises to ease restrictions on the island, he could chip away at the Castro brothers' best case for staying in power.”

An optimistic assessment on possible changes in US-Cuban relations from Anita Snow, who has been Havana bureau chief for Associated Press since 1999.