For the U.S. and Cuba, Political Ties Mend More Easily Than Economic Ties

Next week, Cuba will host U.S. President Barack Obama, the first U.S. president to visit the island nation since the United States implemented its economic embargo in 1962. The March 21 visit is a milestone in Havana's lengthy process of opening to the United States. But normalizing economic ties will take far more than a single state visit....