TheresumptionofdiplomaticrelationsbetweentheUnitedStatesandCubaisnotonlyakeyresultofObama’s"reaching-out"diplomacybutisalsocloselyconnectedtoUSelectionpolitics.TheUSembargoonCubawillhopefullybeliftedsoonunlesssomepoliticalhurdleemerges.Evenso,normalizationofUS-Cubanrelationsstillhasalongwaytogo.