Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations

U.S. President Barack Obama announced  what officials say is a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had been imprisoned there for five years. In addition to the release of Gross, three Cubans were freed from a U.S. jail. Cuban President Raul Castro spoke to his nation about the changes at the same time. In explaining his decision to begin normalizing relations with Cuba, Obama said, "I believe...

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