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US-Cuba ties: Washington and Havana to announce embassies
Source: BBC
US-Cuba ties: Washington and Havana to announce embassies
7 minutes ago Latin America & Caribbean
The US and Cuba will on Wednesday announce the opening of embassies in each other's capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961, a senior US official has said.
Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo.
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The US and Cuba agreed to normalise relations at the end of 2014.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the announcement on opening embassies was scheduled for Wednesday morning, Washington time.
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7 minutes ago Latin America & Caribbean
The US and Cuba will on Wednesday announce the opening of embassies in each other's capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961, a senior US official has said.
Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo.
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The US and Cuba agreed to normalise relations at the end of 2014.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the announcement on opening embassies was scheduled for Wednesday morning, Washington time.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33335342
