Last week the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, spelt out a new US policy for the Americas. In a major address in Washington, he confirmed the approach that took hold during President Obama’s first term, formally drew a line under the Cold War, and set aside, hopefully forever, the interventionist thinking that has underwritten US policy towards the hemisphere since 1823.
His remarks also gave prominence to US-Cuba thinking, making clear that the new policy also applied to relations with Havana.
Speaking at an event co-sponsored by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Organization of American States on November 18, the
