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Richard Feinberg, a nonresident senior fellowin the Latin America Initiative and author of theforthcoming book, “Openfor Business: Building a New Cuban Economy”(Brookings, 2016), discusses current U.S. and Cuba relationsafter President Obama's visit and looks ahead to Cuba's increasingengagement with the global economy.“The younger generation does havea respect for Fidel Castro and what the older generationaccomplished,” Feinberg says. “They want to see a fresh generationof leadership, they want to see a more relaxed politicalatmosphere, they want more opportunities economically to exercisetheir own profession and exercise their own talents. They want andfully expect normal relations between Cuba and the UnitedStates.” In this podcast, Feinberg explains how Cuba canreintegrate itself into global economy while encouraging a gradualopening of economic relations with the U.S.Also in this podcast, meet newscholar SusanHennessey, fellow in National Security in GovernanceStudies and stay tuned for our presidential election updatewith JohnHudak. ShowNotesOpen for Business: Building the New CubanEconomyObama scores a triple inHavanaIn Cuba, Obama looks to the post-Castroera Subscribe to the BrookingsCafeteria on iTunes, listen in all the usualplaces, and send feedback email to BCP@Brookings.edu.