Tourists in Cuba Take Photos Near US Embassy, Welcome Relations Restoration

He has used his birthday to repeat assertions that the US owes socialist Cuba “numerous millions of dollars” for damages caused by a decades-long embargo.

According to the BBC, Castro made no mention of the historic reopening of the United States Embassy in Cuba.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana on Thursday accompanied by First Lady, Cilia Flores, to celebrate the 89th birthday of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

But as they’ve was employed to replace connections, the main target transported to entertaining a central authority that often encounters the dissidents as Simply.S. mercenaries.

However, he said, if American companies see European companies eating their lunch, it could “generate more support for changes in U.S. policy toward Cuba”.

East, for one, is excited to be back at the U.S. Embassy to see the stars and stripes finally raised over the building.

Kerry will be seeking to reassure them that the United States still backs their fight for democracy and human rights, while also trying not to step on the Cuban government’s toes. The Obama administration’s decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba is banked on the belief that the United States can do more to encourage change on the island through a soft-power strategy of “engagement”.

Now, after a historic thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations this summer, they are returning to Havana for the reopening of the U.S. diplomatic post Friday. In 1999, U.S.-based relatives fight to keep Elian Gonzalez, rescued at sea at age 5 after his mother dies.

Just on Sunday, protests were held around the United States to mark the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

We do know that there are people in the left who buy this nonsense that Cuba is a victim of the U.S.

Kerry will preside over the ceremonial inauguration of the US embassy in Havana.

Besides the key photo-op with the flag, Kerry will meet with Cuban officials, the head of the Catholic Church in Cuba and dissidents opposed to the communist regime.

Hare recommends US officials use American “flair” to propose new joint cooperation programs in sports or medical diplomacy.

Political analysts have said his trip is more symbolic than anything and is part of a push to further normalize the ties between the former Cold War foes. Only a day earlier, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had announced that diplomatic relations between the two countries would cease – the coup de grace to what had been an increasingly frosty relationship.

The Americans also want to resolve billions of dollars in half-century-old American claims over property confiscated after the Cuban revolution.