How a deal between the US and Cuba unraveled

The World

Ten years ago today, Washington and Havana announced a historic deal to normalize diplomatic relations. President Donald Trump then rolled back the accord. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with the two diplomats who hammered out the deal: Ricardo Zuñiga, a former senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council, and Ben Rhodes, the former deputy national security advisor.

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