Cuban Politics and the USA - Alan Gross

The Cuban government has rebuffed a mission by former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson to free a U.S. government contractor jailed in Havana, even ruling out a visit with the man, Richardson said Sunday.

Miami 5, jailed in the US for spying, heroes in Cuba

See article at the Washington Post

...from the article - Gross, 62, was arrested in December 2009 while working on a secretive democracy program in Cuba for the U.S. Agency for International Development. His detention has grown into a major impediment to President Obama’s goal of improving relations with Cuba.

One of many many signs extolling Castro's philosophy

It's been my contention that very little will change in US-Cuba relations until this situation is resolved. Given that the next presidential elections are all but started, I would not expect to see any change in this situation during the balance of the term of this administration.