Good afternoon. Today, the United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba. 下午好。今天，美利坚合众国正在改变与古巴人民的关系。
In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas. 这是我们五十多年来政策最重大的改变。我们将结束一种延续数十年、未能推进美国利益的过时做法，转而开始实现两国关系正常化。通过这些变化，我们将为美国和古巴人民创造更多机会，并开启美洲国家之间的新篇章。
There's a complicated history between the United States and Cuba. I was born in 1961 -- just over two years after Fidel Castro took power in Cuba, and just a few months after the Bay of Pigs invasion, which tried to overthrow his regime. Over the next several decades, the relationship between our countries played out against the backdrop of the Cold War, and America's steadfast opposition to communism. We are separated by just over 90 miles. But year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries. 美国与古巴之间有着复杂的历史。我出生于1961年，也就是菲德尔·卡斯特罗在古巴掌权两年多之后、猪湾入侵几个月之后。接下来的几十年里，两国关系始终处于冷战和美国坚定反共立场的背景下。两国相距只有九十多英里，但年复一年，意识形态和经济壁垒不断加深。
Meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country -- in politics and business, culture and sports. Like immigrants before, Cubans helped remake America, even as they felt a painful yearning for the land and families they left behind. All of this bound America and Cuba in a unique relationship, at once family and foe. 与此同时，古巴流亡社群为美国在政治、商业、文化和体育领域作出了巨大贡献。像此前的移民一样，古巴人帮助重塑了美国，同时也怀着对故土和留在那里的家人的痛苦思念。这一切让美国与古巴形成独特关系：既像家人，又像敌人。
Proudly, the United States has supported democracy and human rights in Cuba through these five decades. We have done so primarily through policies that aimed to isolate the island, preventing the most basic travel and commerce that Americans can enjoy anyplace else. 五十年来，美国一直自豪地支持古巴的民主与人权。我们主要采取孤立古巴的政策，阻止美国人在其他地方都能享有的基本旅行和商业往来。
And though this policy has been rooted in the best of intentions, no other nation joins us in imposing these sanctions, and it has had little effect beyond providing the Cuban government with a rationale for restrictions on its people. Today, Cuba is still governed by the Castros and the Communist Party that came to power half a century ago. 尽管这一政策出于良好愿望，却没有其他国家与我们一起实施制裁，而且它除了给古巴政府限制本国人民提供借口之外，几乎没有产生效果。今天，古巴仍由卡斯特罗家族和半个世纪前上台的共产党统治。
Neither the American, nor Cuban people are well served by a rigid policy that is rooted in events that took place before most of us were born. Consider that for more than 35 years, we've had relations with China -- a far larger country also governed by a Communist Party. Nearly two decades ago, we reestablished relations with Vietnam, where we fought a war that claimed more Americans than any Cold War confrontation. 这种根植于大多数人出生以前事件的僵化政策，既没有服务好美国人民，也没有服务好古巴人民。试想，我们与同样由共产党领导、规模大得多的中国保持关系已经超过35年；近20年前，我们也与越南恢复了关系，那里曾发生一场造成美国人死亡人数超过任何冷战对抗的战争。
That's why -- when I came into office -- I promised to re-examine our Cuba policy. As a start, we lifted restrictions for Cuban Americans to travel and send remittances to their families in Cuba. These changes, once controversial, now seem obvious. Cuban Americans have been reunited with their families, and are the best possible ambassadors for our values. And through these exchanges, a younger generation of Cuban Americans has increasingly questioned an approach that does more to keep Cuba closed off from an interconnected world. 因此，我上任时就承诺重新审视对古巴政策。作为第一步，我们放宽了古巴裔美国人前往古巴以及向家人汇款的限制。这些当初颇具争议的变化，如今看来已经理所当然。古巴裔美国人与家人团聚，是传播美国价值的最佳使者；通过这些交流，越来越多年轻一代古巴裔美国人开始质疑一种只会让古巴与相互联系的世界隔绝的做法。
While I have been prepared to take additional steps for some time, a major obstacle stood in our way -- the wrongful imprisonment, in Cuba, of a U.S. citizen and USAID sub-contractor Alan Gross for five years. Over many months, my administration has held discussions with the Cuban government about Alan's case, and other aspects of our relationship. 虽然我早已准备好采取更多措施，但一个重大障碍挡在我们面前：美国公民、美国国际开发署分包商艾伦·格罗斯在古巴被错误关押了五年。几个月来，我的政府一直与古巴政府讨论艾伦的案件以及两国关系的其他方面。
His Holiness Pope Francis issued a personal appeal to me, and to Cuba's President Raul Castro, urging us to resolve Alan's case, and to address Cuba's interest in the release of three Cuban agents who have been jailed in the United States for over 15 years. 教宗方济各亲自向我和古巴总统劳尔·卡斯特罗提出呼吁，希望我们解决艾伦的案件，也处理古巴希望释放三名已在美国被关押超过15年的古巴特工的问题。
Today, Alan returned home -- reunited with his family at long last. Alan was released by the Cuban government on humanitarian grounds. Separately, in exchange for the three Cuban agents, Cuba today released one of the most important intelligence agents that the United States has ever had in Cuba, and who has been imprisoned for nearly two decades. 今天，艾伦终于回到家中，与家人团聚。古巴政府以人道主义理由释放了他。同时，作为交换三名古巴特工的安排，古巴今天释放了一名美国在古巴拥有的重要情报人员；他已被关押近20年。
This man, whose sacrifice has been known to only a few, provided America with the information that allowed us to arrest the network of Cuban agents that included the men transferred to Cuba today, as well as other spies in the United States. This man is now safely on our shores. 这名人士的牺牲只有少数人知晓。他向美国提供了情报，使我们得以逮捕包括今天被移交给古巴的人员在内的古巴特工网络，以及在美国活动的其他间谍。如今，他已安全抵达美国。
Having recovered these two men who sacrificed for our country, I'm now taking steps to place the interests of the people of both countries at the heart of our policy. 找回这两名为国家作出牺牲的人后，我现在将采取措施，把两国人民的利益置于政策核心。
First, I've instructed Secretary Kerry to immediately begin discussions with Cuba to reestablish diplomatic relations that have been severed since January of 1961. Going forward, the United States will reestablish an embassy in Havana, and high-ranking officials will visit Cuba. 第一，我已指示国务卿克里立即与古巴展开对话，恢复自1961年1月以来中断的外交关系。今后，美国将在哈瓦那重新设立使馆，并派高级官员访问古巴。
Where we can advance shared interests, we will -- on issues like health, migration, counterterrorism, drug trafficking and disaster response. Indeed, we've seen the benefits of cooperation between our countries before. It was a Cuban, Carlos Finlay, who discovered that mosquitoes carry yellow fever; his work helped Walter Reed fight it. Cuba has sent hundreds of health care workers to Africa to fight Ebola, and I believe American and Cuban health care workers should work side by side to stop the spread of this deadly disease. 凡是能够推进共同利益的地方，我们都会开展合作，例如卫生、移民、反恐、打击贩毒和灾害应对。事实上，我们过去已经看到两国合作带来的好处。古巴人卡洛斯·芬莱发现蚊子会传播黄热病，他的工作帮助沃尔特·里德开展防治。古巴曾派出数百名医护人员前往非洲抗击埃博拉，我认为美国和古巴的医护人员应当并肩工作，阻止这种致命疾病传播。
Now, where we disagree, we will raise those differences directly -- as we will continue to do on issues related to democracy and human rights in Cuba. But I believe that we can do more to support the Cuban people and promote our values through engagement. After all, these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. It's time for a new approach. 对于存在分歧的地方，我们会直接提出这些分歧——正如我们将继续就古巴的民主与人权问题表达意见一样。但我相信，通过接触，我们能更好地支持古巴人民、推进我们的价值观。毕竟，过去50年已经证明孤立政策没有奏效。现在是采取新方法的时候了。
Second, I've instructed Secretary Kerry to review Cuba's designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. This review will be guided by the facts and the law. Terrorism has changed in the last several decades. At a time when we are focused on threats from al Qaeda to ISIL, a nation that meets our conditions and renounces the use of terrorism should not face this sanction. 第二，我已指示克里审查古巴被列为"支持恐怖主义国家"的认定。审查将以事实和法律为依据。过去几十年，恐怖主义已经发生变化；当我们正面对从基地组织到"伊斯兰国"的威胁时，一个满足我们的条件、放弃使用恐怖主义的国家不应继续承受这一制裁。
Third, we are taking steps to increase travel, commerce, and the flow of information to and from Cuba. This is fundamentally about freedom and openness, and also expresses my belief in the power of people-to-people engagement. With the changes I'm announcing today, it will be easier for Americans to travel to Cuba, and Americans will be able to use American credit and debit cards on the island. Nobody represents America's values better than the American people, and I believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the Cuban people. 第三，我们将采取措施增加前往古巴的旅行、商业往来以及双方信息流动。这从根本上关乎自由与开放，也体现了我对民间交流力量的信念。根据今天宣布的变化，美国人前往古巴会更容易，美国人也可以在岛上使用美国信用卡和借记卡。没有谁比美国人民更能代表美国价值，我相信这种接触最终会更有力地赋予古巴人民力量。
I also believe that more resources should be able to reach the Cuban people. So we're significantly increasing the amount of money that can be sent to Cuba, and removing limits on remittances that support humanitarian projects, the Cuban people, and the emerging Cuban private sector. 我还认为，应该让更多资源能够到达古巴人民手中。因此，我们将大幅提高可以汇往古巴的金额，并取消对支持人道主义项目、古巴人民和正在兴起的古巴私营部门的汇款限制。
I believe that American businesses should not be put at a disadvantage, and that increased commerce is good for Americans and for Cubans. So we will facilitate authorized transactions between the United States and Cuba. U.S. financial institutions will be allowed to open accounts at Cuban financial institutions. And it will be easier for U.S. exporters to sell goods in Cuba. 我认为，美国企业不应处于不利地位，扩大商业往来对美国人和古巴人都有好处。因此，我们将便利两国之间获授权的交易。美国金融机构将可以在古巴金融机构开立账户，美国出口商向古巴销售商品也会更加容易。
I believe in the free flow of information. Unfortunately, our sanctions on Cuba have denied Cubans access to technology that has empowered individuals around the globe. So I've authorized increased telecommunications connections between the United States and Cuba. Businesses will be able to sell goods that enable Cubans to communicate with the United States and other countries. 我相信信息应当自由流动。遗憾的是，美国对古巴的制裁使古巴人无法获得赋予世界各地个人力量的技术。因此，我已授权增加美国与古巴之间的电信连接，企业也可以销售帮助古巴人与美国及其他国家交流的产品。
These are the steps that I can take as President to change this policy. The embargo that's been imposed for decades is now codified in legislation. As these changes unfold, I look forward to engaging Congress in an honest and serious debate about lifting the embargo. 这些是我作为总统能够采取的政策改变措施。实施数十年的禁运如今已经写入法律。随着这些变化展开，我期待与国会就解除禁运展开坦诚、严肃的辩论。
Yesterday, I spoke with Raul Castro to finalize Alan Gross's release and the exchange of prisoners, and to describe how we will move forward. I made clear my strong belief that Cuban society is constrained by restrictions on its citizens. 昨天，我与劳尔·卡斯特罗通话，最终确定艾伦·格罗斯获释和囚犯交换事宜，并说明两国将如何继续前进。我明确表示，我强烈认为古巴社会仍受到对公民限制的束缚。
In addition to the return of Alan Gross and the release of our intelligence agent, we welcome Cuba's decision to release a substantial number of prisoners whose cases were directly raised with the Cuban government by my team. We welcome Cuba's decision to provide more access to the Internet for its citizens, and to continue increasing engagement with international institutions like the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross that promote universal values. 除了艾伦·格罗斯回国和我国情报人员获释之外，我们欢迎古巴决定释放一批囚犯；我的团队曾直接向古巴政府提出他们的案件。我们也欢迎古巴决定让公民获得更多互联网接入，并继续加强与联合国、红十字国际委员会等促进普遍价值的国际机构的联系。
But I'm under no illusion about the continued barriers to freedom that remain for ordinary Cubans. The United States believes that no Cubans should face harassment or arrest or beatings simply because they're exercising a universal right to have their voices heard, and we will continue to support civil society there. While Cuba has made reforms to gradually open up its economy, we continue to believe that Cuban workers should be free to form unions, just as their citizens should be free to participate in the political process. 但我并不幻想普通古巴人面临的自由障碍已经消失。美国认为，古巴人不应仅仅因为行使让自己的声音被听见这一普遍权利，就遭到骚扰、逮捕或殴打；我们将继续支持当地公民社会。尽管古巴已经逐步开放经济并进行改革，我们仍认为古巴工人应当能够自由组建工会，古巴公民也应当能够自由参与政治进程。
Moreover, given Cuba's history, I expect it will continue to pursue foreign policies that will at times be sharply at odds with American interests. I do not expect the changes I am announcing today to bring about a transformation of Cuban society overnight. But I am convinced that through a policy of engagement, we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the Cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century. 此外，鉴于古巴的历史，我预计它今后仍会推行某些与美国利益严重不一致的外交政策。我不认为今天宣布的变化会让古巴社会一夜之间发生转型。但我坚信，通过接触政策，我们能更有效地捍卫自身价值，并帮助古巴人民在进入21世纪时依靠自己的力量改善生活。
To those who oppose the steps I'm announcing today, let me say that I respect your passion and share your commitment to liberty and democracy. The question is how we uphold that commitment. I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. 对于反对我今天宣布措施的人，我想说，我尊重你们的热情，也与你们一样致力于自由和民主。问题在于，我们应当如何维护这一承诺。我不相信，五十多年一直做同一件事，却期待不同结果，是可行的。
Moreover, it does not serve America's interests, or the Cuban people, to try to push Cuba toward collapse. Even if that worked -- and it hasn't for 50 years -- we know from hard-earned experience that countries are more likely to enjoy lasting transformation if their people are not subjected to chaos. 更何况，试图把古巴推向崩溃既不符合美国利益，也不符合古巴人民利益。即使这种做法有效——而它五十年来并没有奏效——我们也从艰苦经验中知道，如果人民不被置于混乱之中，国家更有可能实现持久转型。
We are calling on Cuba to unleash the potential of 11 million Cubans by ending unnecessary restrictions on their political, social, and economic activities. In that spirit, we should not allow U.S. sanctions to add to the burden of Cuban citizens that we seek to help. 我们呼吁古巴解除对1100万古巴人在政治、社会和经济活动中的不必要限制，释放他们的潜力。正是基于这种精神，我们不应让美国制裁加重我们希望帮助的古巴公民的负担。
To the Cuban people, America extends a hand of friendship. Some of you have looked to us as a source of hope, and we will continue to shine a light of freedom. Others have seen us as a former colonizer intent on controlling your future. José Martí once said, "Liberty is the right of every man to be honest." Today, I am being honest with you. We can never erase the history between us, but we believe that you should be empowered to live with dignity and self-determination. 对古巴人民，美国伸出友谊之手。你们中的一些人把我们视为希望之源，我们将继续照亮自由之光；另一些人则把我们视为企图控制你们未来的前殖民者。何塞·马蒂曾说："自由是每个人诚实生活的权利。"今天，我向你们坦诚相告：我们永远无法抹去两国之间的历史，但我们相信，你们应当有能力有尊严地生活，并决定自己的命运。
Cubans have a saying about daily life: "No es facil" -- it's not easy. Today, the United States wants to be a partner in making the lives of ordinary Cubans a little bit easier, more free, more prosperous. 古巴人有一句描述日常生活的话："No es facil"——生活并不容易。今天，美国希望成为伙伴，让普通古巴人的生活更容易一些、更自由一些、更繁荣一些。
To those who have supported these measures, I thank you for being partners in our efforts. In particular, I want to thank His Holiness Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is; the government of Canada, which hosted our discussions with the Cuban government; and a bipartisan group of congressmen who have worked tirelessly for Alan Gross's release, and for a new approach to advancing our interests and values in Cuba. 对于支持这些措施的人，我感谢你们成为我们努力中的伙伴。我特别感谢教宗方济各，他的道德榜样让我们看到，重要的是追求世界应有的样子，而不是简单接受现实；我感谢加拿大政府，它为我们与古巴政府的讨论提供了场所；也感谢两党国会议员，他们为艾伦·格罗斯获释以及采取新方法推进美国在古巴的利益和价值而不懈努力。
Finally, our shift in policy towards Cuba comes at a moment of renewed leadership in the Americas. This April, we are prepared to have Cuba join the other nations of the hemisphere at the Summit of the Americas. But we will insist that civil society join us so that citizens, not just leaders, are shaping our future. And I call on all of my fellow leaders to give meaning to the commitment to democracy and human rights at the heart of the Inter-American Charter. 最后，美国对古巴政策的转变发生在美洲重新承担领导责任之时。今年4月，我们准备让古巴与半球其他国家一道参加美洲国家首脑会议。但我们会坚持让公民社会参与其中，使塑造未来的不只是领导人，也包括公民。我呼吁所有各国领导人，让《美洲国家组织宪章》中关于民主和人权的承诺真正具有意义。
Let us leave behind the legacy of both colonization and communism, the tyranny of drug cartels, dictators and sham elections. A future of greater peace, security and democratic development is possible if we work together -- not to maintain power, not to secure vested interest, but instead to advance the dreams of our citizens. 让我们抛下殖民主义和共产主义的遗产，也抛下毒品集团、独裁者和虚假选举的暴政。只要我们共同努力，追求的不是维持权力或保障既得利益，而是实现公民的梦想，就可能拥有更加和平、安全、民主发展的未来。
My fellow Americans, the city of Miami is only 200 miles or so from Havana. Countless thousands of Cubans have come to Miami -- on planes and makeshift rafts; some with little but the shirt on their back and hope in their hearts. Today, Miami is often referred to as the capital of Latin America. But it is also a profoundly American city -- a place that reminds us that ideals matter more than the color of our skin, or the circumstances of our birth; a demonstration of what the Cuban people can achieve, and the openness of the United States to our family to the South. Todos somos Americanos. 美国同胞们，迈阿密距离哈瓦那只有大约200英里。无数古巴人乘飞机或坐简陋木筏来到迈阿密，有些人身上几乎只有一件衬衫和心中的希望。今天，迈阿密常被称为拉丁美洲的首都。但它也是一座深具美国精神的城市，提醒我们理想比肤色或出生环境更重要；它展示了古巴人民能够取得什么成就，也展示了美国向南方家人开放的胸怀。"Todos somos Americanos"——我们都是美洲人。
Change is hard -- in our own lives, and in the lives of nations. And change is even harder when we carry the heavy weight of history on our shoulders. But today we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do. Today, America chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past so as to reach for a better future -- for the Cuban people, for the American people, for our entire hemisphere, and for the world. 改变很难，无论对个人生活还是国家生活都是如此；当我们肩负沉重历史时，改变更加困难。但今天我们作出这些改变，是因为这是正确的事情。今天，美国选择挣脱过去的枷锁，伸手拥抱更美好的未来——为了古巴人民、美国人民、整个西半球以及全世界。
Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States of America. 谢谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们，愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。