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This report analyzes Cuba’s political and economic situation, US policy toward Cuba, and selected issues in US-Cuban relations. The first section on the political and economic situation includes a brief historical background, a discussion of the human rights situation and political prisoners, and an examination of economic policy changes that have occurred to date under Raúl Castro. The second section on US policy provides a broad overview of US policy historically through the George W Bush Administration and then provides a brief discussion of the broad debate on the direction of US policy toward Cuba. Policy under the Obama Administration is then examined in more detail. The third section analyzes many of the key issues in US-Cuban relations that have been at the forefront of the US policy debate on Cuba and have often been the subject of legislative initiatives.