Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between cuba and the us today? a. the two nations enjoy strong economic and diplomatic ties. b. travel and trade between the two nations is severely restricted. c. cuba receives substantial economic support from the us. d. relations became much more friendly after the breakup of the soviet union.

The second alternative is correct (B).

The relationship between Cuba and the US is sensitive. Cuba is a country with a socialist tradition, a regime opposed to US capitalism. It is, therefore, an ideological divergence that has caused rupture of economic and diplomatic relations for decades.

recently, former President Obama reopened the US embassy in Havana and the relationship between countries was again minimally established. However, there is no great flow of economic exchanges and the two countries are still considered enemies.

B

Explanation:

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion