Obama Announces Renewed Diplomatic Ties With Cuba
Posted on AllSides July 1st, 2015
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President Barack Obama formally announced Wednesday that the U.S. is renewing diplomatic relations with Cuba and called on Congress to lift the long-standing embargo, which dates to a time when each country considered the other an enemy.
Speaking from the Rose Garden, Mr. Obama said that Secretary of State John Kerry would travel to Havana for a flag raising. Mr. Kerry, speaking to reporters in Vienna where he is participating in international nuclear negotiations with Iran, said he would be going to Cuba later this summer.
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