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Obama: U.S. re-establishing diplomatic, economic ties with Cuba

December 18, 2014

President Barack Obama declared the end of America's "outdated approach" to Cuba Wednesday, announcing the re-establishment of diplomatic relations as well as economic and travel ties with the communist island -- a historic shift in U.S. policy that aims to bring an end to a half-century of Cold War enmity. "Isolation has not worked," Obama said in remarks from the White House. "It's time for a new approach."

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141217/news/141218618/
 
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