Will Raul Castro as president improve US and Cuban relationship

50 years have gone by and the diffrrence in political system and relations between the United States and Cuba is still where it was at the start. Ever since the day came when Fidel Castro started the revoltion in Cuba, relations with the USA have been in disagreement. The US ideals of freedom and using capitalism whereas Cuba is the opposite where its communism. This opposite in ideals has created a feud between the countries for decades. When Fidel Castro gave complete power to his brother Raul Castro this marked the first change in Cuba`s presidency since the embargo. But how will this change affect the relationship between Cuba and the United States. On this recent article by CNN it mentions that  Raul has actually set the table to enter talks with the United States. "The table is set. If they want to discuss the problems of democracy, as they say, freedom of speech, human rights, the things they have invented for years, we will discuss them," he said. With statements like this one maybe we can hope for a better relationsip between Cuba and United States. Simply engaging in talks with eachother would be a step in the right direction. Who knows maybe a change in Cuba presedency will have a good impact on  relations which could lead to political progress. Raul stating that its open for discussion is that right step for a postitive relationship.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/world/americas/cuba-us-talks/index.html