Interviews from Washington DC– “Back Channel to Cuba”: New Revelations

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In today’s edition, our host Jorge Gestoso interviews Peter Kornbluh, Director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archives. Co-author with William LeoGrande of the book “Back Channel to Cuba,” Kornbluh talks about the revelations made in the epilogue of the new edition. How did Barack Obama and Raul Casro secretly negotiate the reconciliation between United States and Cuba? Kornbluh gives details of the entire process and shares his perspective on the motivations of the two leaders, the changes made to date, those left to be made and the hurdles to overcome. teleSUR