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Latin America, the anti-Cuba policy is starting to turn into its opposite.
The administration is under pressure from Latin America, where official US
acceptance of Cuba is now seen as some sort of gesture or guarantee from the
U.S. that it recognizes at least SOME limits to its right to dictate what
goes on in the hemisphere. 

And the summit of the Americas, where Cuba has once again been excluded, is
almost surely going to be an embarrassment for Obama on Cuba. The
*exclusion* of Cuba has turned it into one of the major issues of the summit
and one where pretty much every last Latin American country is, officially
and in theory, at least, opposed to the United States. And right before the
overall summit there's going to be, in essence, a caucus/summit of the left
in Venezuela where Cuba will participate and can be expected to once again
put the focus on the Cuba exclusion as the summit of the Americas open.

Obama hooked his wagon to "change" and it seems for many, that also means a
change in direction on Cuba policy.

Joaquin