We`re starting in the Caribbean nation of Cuba. Yesterday was the third time the Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama met face to face since the two sides agreed to normalize relations. It was the first time that a U.S. president visited the island since Calvin Coolidge went there in 1928.
首先,我們關(guān)注加勒比海北部的群島國家,古巴。昨天,古巴總統(tǒng)勞爾·卡斯特羅和美國總統(tǒng)巴拉克·奧巴馬進(jìn)行會面,這是兩國關(guān)系恢復(fù)正常之后,兩國首腦進(jìn)行第三次會晤。同時自卡爾文 柯立芝1928年訪問古巴后,美國總統(tǒng)首次對古巴進(jìn)行正式訪問。
President Obama is hoping to influence the Cuban leader to make significant reforms, especially when it comes to issues like human rights and the communist government`s control over Cuban businesses. Cuba hasn`t moved as quickly to address these issues as the Obama administration had hoped and President Castro says there are profound differences that would always remain between Cuba and the U.S.
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)希望能夠在人權(quán)問題以及古巴共產(chǎn)黨對本國企業(yè)的控制方面,影響古巴領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人做出重大改革。古巴并沒有像奧巴馬政府所希望的那樣,迅速解決這些問題。古巴總統(tǒng)卡斯特羅稱古巴和美國之間仍存在巨大的差異。
But President Obama says the intention is to get the ball rolling, knowing that change wasn`t going to happen overnight.
但是奧巴馬總統(tǒng)稱,訪問的目的是推動進(jìn)展,改革是不會一夜之間發(fā)生。
It`s a communist-run island just 90 miles off the United States, and for more than 50 years, relations between Cuba and the United States have been chilly at best, until now.
這是美洲唯一一個共產(chǎn)主義國家,距離美國直有90英里。截止到之前,古巴和美國的關(guān)系一直很緊張。
U.S. and Cuba relations in two minutes.
兩分鐘了解美古關(guān)系。
In 1959, Fidel Castro leads an army of thousands into Havana, forcing out the dictator Batista at the time, and becomes the country`s new leader.
1959年,菲德爾·卡斯特羅帶領(lǐng)軍隊進(jìn)入哈瓦那,迫使獨裁者巴蒂斯塔下臺,成為新的國家領(lǐng)袖。
There are high hopes for the young revolutionary, but also immediately confrontation begins with the United States.
大家對于這位新的革命寄與厚望,但同時古巴和美國之間的對抗也開始了。
The U.S. places an embargo on Cuba and soon after it breaks off, diplomatic relations.
美國和古巴終止外交關(guān)系之后,對古巴實行禁運。
Later the infamous, failed U.S. invasion at the Bay of Pigs.
之后就是臭名昭著的豬灣事件。逃離美國的古巴人向菲德爾·卡斯特羅領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的古巴革命政府發(fā)動的一次失敗的入侵。
The CIA hatches plans to assassinate Castro, hundreds of plots, according to the Cubans. And soon, the Soviet Union secretly deploys nuclear missiles to Cuba.
中央請報局計劃暗殺卡斯特羅,根據(jù)古巴報道,有上百個陰謀。之后,蘇聯(lián)對古巴部署核導(dǎo)彈。
To regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba or against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.
蘇聯(lián)從古巴發(fā)射核導(dǎo)彈,攻擊美國。
The Cuban missile crisis lasts just two weeks. But Cuba and the United States remained locked in Cold War tensions for decades.
古巴導(dǎo)彈危機僅持續(xù)了2周的時間,但是美國和古巴的幾十年來一直處于冷戰(zhàn)狀態(tài)。
In 1980, an exodus as more than 100,000 Cubans come to the United States after Castro loosens restrictions.
1980年,10萬多名古巴人在卡斯特羅放松限制之后,來到美國。
Two decades later, another Cuban leaving by boat, 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez. His arrival in the United States sparks custody battles, which Fidel Castro transforms into a propaganda victory.
20年之后,美國移民局特工將六歲古巴男孩埃連·岡薩雷斯強行帶走。到達(dá)美國之后,岡薩雷斯引發(fā)一場政治味濃的監(jiān)護權(quán)爭奪戰(zhàn)。
Fidel Castro said he expected to die in power. But in 2006, a mystery illness forces him to step down.
菲德爾·卡斯特羅稱期望自己一直執(zhí)政。但是在2006年,一場神秘的疾病迫使他被迫下臺。
His brother Raul takes over, and in 2015, does what many considered to be unthinkable: Restores diplomatic relations with Cuba`s long-time nemesis, the United States.
之后他的弟弟勞拉接管政權(quán),在2015年,勞拉做了一件不可思議的事情,恢復(fù)和美國的外交,結(jié)束敵對關(guān)系。
We`re starting in the Caribbean nation of Cuba. Yesterday was the third time the Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama met face to face since the two sides agreed to normalize relations. It was the first time that a U.S. president visited the island since Calvin Coolidge went there in 1928.
President Obama is hoping to influence the Cuban leader to make significant reforms, especially when it comes to issues like human rights and the communist government`s control over Cuban businesses. Cuba hasn`t moved as quickly to address these issues as the Obama administration had hoped and President Castro says there are profound differences that would always remain between Cuba and the U.S.
But President Obama says the intention is to get the ball rolling, knowing that change wasn`t going to happen overnight.
It`s a communist-run island just 90 miles off the United States, and for more than 50 years, relations between Cuba and the United States have been chilly at best, until now.
SUBTITLE: U.S. and Cuba relations in two minutes.
NARRATOR: Beginning of the rise of power of Fidel Castro in Cuba. Castro and his joyous troops were joyously acclaimed following his incredible victory over Batista.
OPPMANN: In 1959, Fidel Castro leads an army of thousands into Havana, forcing out the dictator Batista at the time, and becomes the country`s new leader.
There are high hopes for the young revolutionary, but also immediately confrontation begins with the United States.
The U.S. places an embargo on Cuba and soon after it breaks off, diplomatic relations.
Later the infamous, failed U.S. invasion at the Bay of Pigs.
The CIA hatches plans to assassinate Castro, hundreds of plots, according to the Cubans. And soon, the Soviet Union secretly deploys nuclear missiles to Cuba.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: To regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba or against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.
OPPMANN: The Cuban missile crisis lasts just two weeks. But Cuba and the United States remained locked in Cold War tensions for decades.
In 1980, an exodus as more than 100,000 Cubans come to the United States after Castro loosens restrictions.
Two decades later, another Cuban leaving by boat, 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez. His arrival in the United States sparks custody battles, which Fidel Castro transforms into a propaganda victory.
Fidel Castro said he expected to die in power. But in 2006, a mystery illness forces him to step down.
His brother Raul takes over, and in 2015, does what many considered to be unthinkable: Restores diplomatic relations with Cuba`s long-time nemesis, the United States.
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