The US and Cuba reestablished their diplomatic ties yesterday by reopening embassies in each other’s capitals. This is the first time both countries have done so since they ended their diplomatic relationship in 1961. Officials from both nations have acknowledged that it will take work to put aside the five decades of hostility. Cuban President Raul Castro commented in a address to Cuban people last week, “A new stage will begin, long and complex, on the road toward normalization.” A US state department spokesman said that there are “still issues we don’t see eye to eye on.” The embargo the US has on Cuba remains for now, and Washington still controls Guantanamo Bay. Despite the many issues that remain between unsolved between the two nations, is this a sign that the relationship is mending?
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