Historic royal visit to Cuba at odds with US stance

When Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, set foot in Havana Sunday, they’ll be making history by embarking on the first ever official visit to Cuba by members of the British royal family. But they’re doing so at a time when much of the western world is denouncing Cuba’s role in the unfolding political and humanitarian crisis in its close socialist partner, Venezuela.

It’s a trip that would have seemed impossible only a handful of years ago, before former US President Barack Obama and former Cuban President Raul Castro thawed more than half a century of tense relations between the North American neighbors and their allies. But since that 2016 breakthrough, the world is a very different place.