Barack Obama has improved the lives of many americans, according to Public surveys. He is still not all that popular, but his populuarity has increased. According to Gallup's, 48% of the population said they were happy, and 48% said they were unhappy. It might not seem like a great deal, but it is better than the former president George W. Busch's numbers. So, what are the contributing factors that made Barack Obama a bit more popular?
1. The employment has increased
2. The fuel price has decreased
3. The relationship With Cuba has improved
4. The immigration-policy
5. The pulling out of unpopular wars, popular ones in
The contributing factor I found the most interesting is the improvement of the relationship with Cuba. I am going to explore the situation, and explain the cause, consequenses and todays situation in the following blog post.
First of all, we need to look into the history to understand the background of the situation between Cuba and the US. We can begin with mentioning the support the US government offered Fulgencio Batista's dicatorship. The dictator murdered more than 20 thousand Cubans, and the US supported with military aid and weapons.
After the winning revolution in 1959 and the proclamation of the Agrarian Reform, the US threatened Cuba with reducing its sugar quota, banning Investments and eliminating all economic aid if the US properties were nationalized.
To avoid going too far back in history and making this post excessively long, we could begin by mentioning the support the US government offered Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship, which it furnished with military aid and the weapons with which more than 20 thousand Cubans were murdered.
Immediately after the triumph of the revolution in 1959 and the proclamation of the Agrarian Reform, the US government threatened Cuba with reducing its sugar quota, banning investments on the island and eliminating all economic aid if US properties were nationalized. http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=100145
These are some of the reasons the relationship is not working very well. There are more reasons to it as well, but I chose the ones I found that makes a big difference. Questions are why the relationship is bad, when Cuba makes no threat whatsoever to the big superior country. Therefore, when the relationship has improved with Obama's rule, it makes many americans happy.
What Obama has done, is that in secret he has talked to his cuban friends for 55 years. President officially announced earlier in december that he plans to normalize the relationship with Cuba. A survey in the Washington Post shows much support from the electors. 74% wants an end to the travelling restrictions, 68% wants to open up for trading and 64% wants to reintroduce diplomatic connections. His work with fixing the relationship has increased his popularity, so that is one of the biggest rasons fo Obama to be happy this year.
