what t t united statessas doing wasot working. we have to have the courage to acknowledge that truth. a policy of isolation designed for the cold war made little sense in the 21st century. the embargo was only hug the cuban people instead of helping them. d i've always believed in what martin luther king, jr. called theeierce urgency of now. we should do not fear change. we should dodo embrace is. [ applause ] that leads me to a bigger and more important reason for these changes. believe in the cuban people. this is not just a policy of normalizing relations with the cuban government. the united states of america is normalizing relations with the cuban people. [ applause ] >> and today i want t t share with you my vision of what our future can be. i want the cuban people, especially the young people, to understand why i believe that you should look to the future with hope and not the false promise which insists that things are better than they really are or the blind optimism that says all yo problems can go away tomorrow. hope th