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The Exchange takes a break today to bring you this special documentary. Only 90 miles off the coast of the United States lies the island of Cuba, once a playground for American tourists. Cuba's relationship to the U.S. was forever changed in 1959 when Fidel Castro's revolutionary army marched on Havana. Since then, Cuba and the United States have existed as uneasy neighbors. Now, with the iconic Cuban leader on his death bed, a new era of Cuban-American relations may be dawning. "After Castro: America and Cuba" examines the possibility of change in the U.S.-Cuban dynamic and the role of the "Cuban Lobby" in that controversial relationship. It looks back at the decisions made during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and revisits U.S.-Cuban relations before and after Castro's takeover. Guests include Mark Falcoff, scholar emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute; Dagoberto Rodriguez, the head of the Cuban Interests Section; Theodore Sorensen, special counsel and advisor to President Kennedy; Richard Nuccio, former Secretary of State for Cuba and advisor to President Clinton; Roger Noriega, senior staff member for Senator Jesse Helms and a key author of the Helms-Burton Act. This program is part of the America Abroad program.