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アメリカとキューバは7月1日、54年ぶりに国交を回復させることで正式合意した。20日にも両政府が大使館を再開させ、歴史的な転換点を迎える。
オバマ大統領は1日、ホワイトハウスで国交回復の声明を読み上げ、「歴史的な一歩だ」と言明。「過去にとらわれていてはいけない。何かがうまくいかない時、我々は変わることができる」と述べた。
さらに、両国の関係改善にはアメリカがキューバに科している経済制裁の解除が必要だとコメント。議会に対し、速やかに解除に向けた議論を進めるよう訴えた。
しかし、アメリカの野党・共和党からは、未だカストロ政権の独裁下にあるキューバとの国交再開は時期尚早だとの批判も出ている。アメリカ議会は現在、共和党が多数を占めており、今後、経済制裁の解除を巡って、議会でどのような議論が行われるのかが焦点となる。
キューバ革命から、キューバ危機まで
Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna commonly known as Che Guevara drinking coffee, Photograph, Um 1955(01 of33)
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2001: Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna commonly known as Che Guevara drinking coffee, Photograph, Um 1955 (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, genannt Che Guevara beim Kaffeetrinken, Photographie, Um 1955] (credit:Imagno via Getty Images)
Portrait Of Ernesto Guevara In Cairo(02 of33)
EGYPT - JANUARY 01: Argentinian revolutionary leader Ernesto GUEVARA on a visit in Cairo. President of Cuba National Bank and responsible for the finances of the new Cuban revolutionary government, CHE GUEVARA is meeting Egyptian Pesident Abdel NASSER (President from 1954 to 1970). (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, commonly known as Che Guevara gives a press conference, Photograph, Um 1955(03 of33)
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1955: Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, commonly known as Che Guevara gives a press conference, Photograph, Um 1955 (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, genannt Che Guevara bei einer Pressekonferenz, Photographie, Um 1955] (credit:Imagno via Getty Images)
Castroist Revolution In Cuba 1956-1959 : Che Guevara In The Sierra Maestra(04 of33)
CUBA - JANUARY 01: Portrait between 1956 and 1959 of Ernesto GUEVARA in the Sierra Maestra\'s mountains (Central Cuba), during the Castroist revolution. Fidel CASTRO\'s right arm, Che GUEVARA is leading a guerilla action against Dictator BATISTA\'s troops who controlled the island. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
CUBA RAUL CASTRO(05 of33)
Raul Castro, left, younger brother of Cuban rebel leader Fidel, has his arm around second-in-command, Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara, Argentine national, in their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold south of Havana, Cuba, during the Cuban revolution in this June 1958 file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew St. George) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Castroist Revolution: Che Guevara In The Santa-Clara Battle(06 of33)
CUBA - DECEMBER 01: During the Castroist revolution in Cuba, Major Ernesto GUEVARA, here next to a tank, participating in the Santa-Clara battle against the troops of Dictator BATISTA. The Castroist forces won the Santa-Clara battle on January 1, 1959, thus assuring a decisive victory which enabled Fidel CASTRO to take power in Cuba. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Kuba Revolution Jahrestag(07 of33)
** FILE ** Fidel Castro, Cuba\'s new revolutionary leader, speaks to a crowd during his triumphant march to Havana, after the fall of the Batista regime, Feb. 6, 1959. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo) ** B/W ONLY ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel castro addressing a rally celebrating an anniversary of the cuban revolution of 1959, cuba.(08 of33)
Fidel castro addressing a rally celebrating an anniversary of the cuban revolution of 1959, cuba. (Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images) (credit:Sovfoto via Getty Images)
Fidel Castro During His Speech For The 4th Anniversary Of Revolution(09 of33)
HAVANA, CUBA - JANUARY 7: Fidel Castro during his speech for the 4th Anniversary of Revolution on January 07, 1963 in Havana,Cuba. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Che Guevara, his daughter Aleida and Fidel Castro, Photograph, Around 1963(10 of33)
UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1963: Che Guevara, his daughter Aleida and Fidel Castro, Photograph, Around 1963 (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Che Guevara, dessen Tochter Aleida und Fidel Castro, Photographie, Um 1963] (credit:Imagno via Getty Images)
Crowd At Havana(11 of33)
8th August 1963: The crowd at Revolution Square, Havana, during celebrations to mark the anniversary of the assault on Moncada\'s Barracks. They are listening to a speech by Cuban revolutionary and prime minister Fidel Castro (whose image is on the poster on the left). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
Cuba. Parade in Havana, place of the Revolution, 1(12 of33)
CUBA - CIRCA 1963: Cuba. Parade in Havana, place of the Revolution, 1963. (Photo by Gilberto Ante/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) (credit:Gilberto Ante via Getty Images)
Che Guevara(13 of33)
Major Ernesto (Che) Guevara (left) is seen during an interview with Knowlton Nash (right), CBC Washington correspondent in Cuba February 1963. Donald Cameron is supervising editor of CBC Newsmagazine, a weekly Canadian Broadcasting Corp TV news program. Guevara, Cuban Minister of Industry was in a sugar cane field in central Cuba inspecting a new machine used for cutting the cane. The interview was conducted through an interpreter. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kuba Revolution Jahrestag(14 of33)
** FILE ** Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara, Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro\'s right hand man, who is an Argentine doctor in charge of La Cabana fortress in Havana, which houses 600 war and political prisoners, is seen Jan. 20, 1959. He promises to be one of the more important persons in the upcoming trials. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo) ** B/W ONLY ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Cuba Revolution(15 of33)
Banners and flags were the order of the day at Grand Central Park in Havana as supporters of rebel leader Fidel Castro took over the city, Jan. 2, 1959. They were expecting to see the installation of the new Cuban president. He did not arrive. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kuba Revolution Jahrestag(16 of33)
** FILE ** People burn tables and roulette wheels outside the Plaza Hotel casino in Old Havana, Cuba in Jan. 1959 shortly after revolutionary leader Fidel Castro gained power. On Jan. 1, 1959, Dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba and Castro\'s rebels took power. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo/Fernando Lezcano) ** B/W ONLY ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CUBAN REVOLUTION(17 of33)
Rebel troops wave up to apartments where people cheered and threw flowers as they arrive in Havana, Jan. 3, 1959. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution Leader Pondering Touching Beard Reporters(18 of33)
Fidel Castro leader of the Revolutionary forces now in control of Cuba ponders a question during a brief meeting with the press on Jan. 5, 1959 in Camaguey, Cuba during stop enroute to the capital in Havana. This is one of a series of pictures made by Associated Press photographer Harold Valentine who is with Castro forces. (AP Photo/Harold Valentine) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kuba Revolution Jahrestag(19 of33)
** FILE ** Soldiers of Rebel Chief Fidel Castro take positions on road bank as the revolutionary leader makes a roadside appearance a few miles from there January 7, 1959, as his columns travel toward Havana where a big welcome is expected tomorrow. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo) ** B/W ONLY ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution(20 of33)
Rebel leader Fidel Castro, at center waving, is hemmed in by the crowd as he rides in a small personnel carrier along the Melecon, a highway by the sea in the center of Havana, January 8, 1959. Several hundred crowded onto the monument which honors General Antonio Macco who led Cuba\'s war of independence from Spain. At this point Castro was about midway on his route through the city to Camp Colombia, military headquarters for Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Kuba Revolution Jahrestag(21 of33)
** FILE ** In this Jan. 8, 1959 file photo, Cuba\'s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro speaks to supporters at the Batista military base \"Columbia\" now known as Ciudad Libertad. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo) ** NO ONLN ** NO IONLN ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution(22 of33)
Fidel Castro, leader of the Revolutionary movement that overthrew the government of Dictator Fulgencio Batista, holds up his hands at a question during his afternoon press conference at the Hilton hotel in Havana January 8, 1959. The rebel leader spent more than an hour answering questions for press, radio and television reporters. Castro and the Revolutionary movement overthrew dictator Batista\'s government on January 1, 1959. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution(23 of33)
Cuban Rebel Leader Fidel Castro, on the move since 7 a.m. is a tired but smiling man as he reaches Camp Columbia, army headquarters in Havana well past the dinner hour on January 8, 1959. The leader of the forces that overthrew the regime of Dictator Fulgencio Batista receives a riotous welcome in this capital city today and ceremonies at Camp Columbia were expected to last until midnight. Castro overthrew the Bastista government on January 1, 1959. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Cuba Revolution at 50(24 of33)
** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, DEC. 21 ** FILE ** In this Jan. 8, 1959 file photo, Cuba\'s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro speaks to supporters at the Batista military base \"Columbia\" now known as Ciudad Libertad. The Cuban revolution triumphed on Jan. 1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the island\'s eastern mountains, where they waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba will celebrate on Jan. 1, 2009 the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. (AP Photo) ** NO ONLN ** NO IONLN ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
CUBA RAUL CASTRO(25 of33)
Raul Castro, left, younger brother of Cuban rebel leader Fidel, has his arm around second-in-command, Ernesto \"Che\" Guevara, Argentine national, in their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold south of Havana, Cuba, during the Cuban revolution in this June 1958 file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew St. George) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Camillo Cienfuegos (1932-1959) cuban revolutionary, c. 1958(26 of33)
UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 03: Camillo Cienfuegos (1932-1959) cuban revolutionary, c. 1958 (Photo by Apic/Getty Images) (credit:Apic via Getty Images)
One Million Cubans Condemning American Imperialism 1962(27 of33)
CUBA - DECEMBER 29: On December 29, 1962, a month and a half affter the Cuban Missile Crisis, one million Cubans (official count-up) gathered on the main square in Havana after the call launched by Castor\'s government to demonstrate against American imperialism. In the background, portraits of CASTRO and LENIN. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
Cuban Missile Crisis: Castro'S Press Conference(28 of33)
CUBA - OCTOBER 22: Prime Minister Fidel CASTRO giving a radio and televised speech during which he speaks about the measures taken by the United States regarding Cuba. In fact, following the shipment of Soviet Union missiles to Cuba during the Cold War, the United States announced a blockade of the island. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) (credit:Keystone-France via Getty Images)
KENNEDY CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS(29 of33)
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, right, confers with his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 1962 during the buildup of military tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became Cuban missile crisis later that month. (AP Photo) (credit:AP)
U.S. PRES KENNEDY CUBAN CRISIS(30 of33)
U.S. President John F. Kennedy reports to the nation on the status of the Cuban crisis from Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2, 1962. He told radio and television listeners that Soviet missile bases \"are being destroyed\" and that U.S. air surveillance would continue until effective international inspection is arranged. U.S. government conclusions about the missile bases, he said, are based on aerial photographs made Nov. 1. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
U.N. PEACE RALLY CUBAN CRISIS(31 of33)
Pickets representing an organization known as Women Strike for Peace carry placards outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City where the U.N. Security Council considers the Cuban missile crisis in a special meeting, Oct. 23, 1962. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
KENNEDY CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS(32 of33)
This is a John F. Kennedy Library and Museum handout photo provided Tuesday, Oct. 1. 2002, showing President Kennedy, right, meeting with Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko, second from right, and other Soviet officials in the Oval Office in Washington D.C. on Oct. 18, 1962. (AP Photo/John F. Kennedy Library and Museum) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Fidel Castro(33 of33)
Premier Fidel Castro, left, with Algerian Premier Ahmed Ben Bella during latter\'s arrival in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 17, 1962. (AP Photo/Harold Valentine) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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