In regional terms, Obama’s restoration of relations with Cuba merits a place in the history books alongside Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s opening to China. As grandiose as that claim may seem, the fact is that crossing the straits to Cuba signals a new, more open, and far more productive approach to relations with all of Latin America.
在地区层面，奥巴马与古巴重建关系是堪与尼克松和基辛格向中国开放相提并论的历史事件。这也许是溢美之辞，但事实是跨越海峡向古巴开放标志着新的、更开放的、效果也远远更好的构建与所有拉美国家关系的方针。