With Cuba and U.S. officials set to meet Friday in a second round of talks to hash out sticky details around re-establishing diplomatic relations, the picture for foreign aid still remains unclear — although little movement is expected any time soon.
Despite bursts of business and diplomatic moves — companies like Netflix have entered the Cuban market and the Obama administration has proposed to reopen its Havana embassy — insiders say the road to resuming foreign aid is more complicated.
What happens in the negotiations between U.S. and Cuban officials will largely determine Havana’s introduction into multilateral aid institutions given the United States’ soft power in global development.
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Claire Luke
Claire is a journalist passionate about all things development, with a particular interest in labor, having worked previously for the Indonesia-based International Labor Organization. She has experience reporting in Cambodia, Nicaragua and Burma, and is happy to be immersed in the action of D.C. Claire is a master's candidate in development economics at the George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs and received her bachelor's degree in political philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.
