Vice President Joe Biden gave the keynote address at the 43rd Conference of the Americas this week in Washington. Among other things, Biden said that Washington was aware that Cuba has been making some “small encouraging signs” of change–but hardly enough to impress the Obama Administration. It still wants to see “real change,” the kind that can lead to a “democratic” future for the island. The vice president stressed that the Administration wants to “encourage the next level of cooperation in Cuba” as well as “peaceful, democratic change.”
Yada, yada. Condi Rice could have scripted those remarks. It was a reminder that precious little has changed.