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Obama begins to construct his legacy with Cuba move
Washington: Without the pressure of having to contest another election and with two more years left of his term, US President Barack Obama has begun to construct his legacy with the historic turn towards Cuba.
The announcement came Wednesday of the re-establishment of relations between the US and Cuba after more than 50 years of hostility.
The move marks a new tempo in the Obama government, which has started acting on pending issues which the president championed during his election campaign but did not find support for in Congress.
Reconciliation with Cuba was one of the issues that was conceived at the beginning of his term, Dan Restrepo, Obama’s advisor for Latin America between 2009 and 2012, told Efe news agency.
“What happened today (Dec 17) was historic and begins a new and important era, not only in relations between the US and Cuba but also between the US and the rest of the Americas, because it leaves behind characteristics of policies from the last century,” Restrepo said.
In addition, the former advisor considered it to be a move by the US showing itself to be a good partner in the region to countries willing to work with it, and leaving behind Washington’s ideological politics of past decades.
“When I came into office, I promised to re-examine our Cuba policy,” Obama recalled Wednesday while announcing measures that include flexibility in bilateral trade and travel as well as remittances to Cuba from the US.
“Reconciliation with Cuba is obviously going to be a part of President Obama’s legacy,” said Restrepo, adding that he believed there would more activity on all fronts during the next two years that are left of the president’s term.
The announcement comes with the release of US citizen Alan Gross, arrested in 2009 while working to bring internet access to the Jewish community in Cuba and accused by the country’s authorities of crimes against the state, whose case was put forward during the reconciliation attempt.
“This has been one of the most important US foreign policy initiatives towards Latin America during Obama’s term,” Woodrow Wilson Center’s Latin American programme director Cynthia Arnson told Efe.
Obama went into action after the Democratic Party defeat in the mid-term elections Nov 4, in which Republicans regained control of both houses of Congress, immediately after which he announced measures to stop the deportation of five million immigrants without documents.
The government took the measures a year and a half after the Senate, controlled by the Democrats, approved the move while the House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, blocked it.
Former Obama advisor David Axelrod said that he believed that before the end of his term, the president would take up difficult issues and do everything in his power to deal with them, according to The New York Times.
Another of his achievements, on which again the opposition disagrees, was reaching an accord with China to reduce emission of greenhouse gases during a bilateral meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing last month.
According to Alfonso Aguilar, executive director of the American Principles Project’s Latino Partnership, “Obama is a president in desperate search of a legacy.”
Aguilar believes that Obama feels more free as this is his final term and can take decisions that would generate a lot of controversy in Congress, which will be totally controlled by the Republicans from January.
Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.
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