Your reminder that 120 years ago republicans fought a war on Cuba's behalf to free them from Spanish rule. The war also helped establish the US as a player on the global stage. How times have changed.
US policy has hurt the people of Cuba and given a foothold to the government to rally around. Once those people are no longer under siege, and get to taste the flavors of what's going on in the outside world, reforms will slowly be pushed.
The biggest change in travel policy will be that Americans making educational people-to-people trips, one of the most popular authorized categories, can no longer go to the island on their own but only on group tours. Trump's aides said the aim was to close off a path for Americans seeking beach vacations in a country where U.S. tourism is still officially banned.