From today’s The Economist:
However disgruntled they are with the everyday failures of the communist government, few Cubans dare brave the harassment meted out to active opponents. Those in the United States who argue that the American economic embargo merely serves to shore up the Castro regime hoped that Mr Obama’s team would agree with them. But it has become clear that the administration is not prepared to do battle with supporters of the embargo in Congress. Attempts to lift the ban on Americans travelling to the island have bogged down. “We made a big initial effort, but got nothing back” from the Cuban government, a State Department official said. Mr Castro has been emphatic that Cuba’s communist system is not up for negotiation with the United States.
The rest of the article is here.