US Survey: Majority of Americans View Renewed Cuba Links Favorably

A new U.S. survey shows a majority of Americans have a favorable view of renewed links with Cuba after five decades of hostilities between the two countries. The New York Times/CBS News poll showed Monday that 62 percent of U.S. citizens believe that reopening business and cultural ties between the countries would be mostly good for the United States. But the survey said that only 40 percent think the new overtures between the U.S. and Cuba, the island nation that lies 145 kilometers...

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