Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca says the United States has made great strides in opening relations with Cuba - but still has a long way to go.

Vermont Edition looks at the kind of conditions technology companies need to start-up and expand in Vermont – from infrastructure to a tech-savvy workforce.  Does Vermont embrace technology entrepreneurship?

Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman Peter Welch have both been abroad recently studying the U.S. role in Cuba and Haiti, and in the Middle East.