ABSTRACT
For the first time in years, the United States and Cuba have a chance to break the deadlock which has kept such close neighbors so far apart. The outcome of the San José meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) this July means that the United States is now free to determine its own stance toward Cuba. For its part, Cuba is ready to compromise to achieve rapprochement with the United States. "Normalization"—mutually respectful and profitable diplomatic, commercial, and cultural relations—is at last possible, perhaps within two or three years.
