Jeb Bush joined his party's denouncement of the Obama administration’s historic move on Friday to reopen the American embassy in Cuba for the first time in 54 years.<br /><br />The visit by Secretary of State John Kerry to Havana “is a birthday present for Fidel Castro,” the former Florida governor said: “A symbol of the Obama Administration’s acquiescence to his ruthless legacy.”<br /><br />Cuba “remains an unyielding dictatorship, a tragic example of the folly of communism, and an affront to the conscience of the free nations of the Western Hemisphere,” Bush added.<br />If elected president, Bush pledged to “reverse Obama’s strategy of accommodation and appeasement and commit to helping the Cuban people claim their freedom and determine their future, free from tyranny.”<br /><br />Full story: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/251125-bush-kerry-giving-birthday-present-to-castro
