MIAMI HERALD/ The death of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata and the continued jailing of U.S.citizen Alan Gross are slowing a thaw in U.S./ Cuban relations. "We still believe engagement is the right way, but the death of Orlando Zapata was a punch to the gut," said a U.S. official. The Zapata and Gross cases show that Cuban government is not ready to make concessions for better relations. Another official said that "the tipping point on Cuba is the Gross issue. It's a hot potato. As bad as the Zapata case is, the Gross issue is the one that has a greater reach here."
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