US-Cuba diplomatic breakthrough: Obama and Castro agree to thaw relations after prisoner exchange

By Nick O’malley
Updated December 18 2014 - 10:09am, first published 9:34am

President Barack Obama has opened the door to restoring full diplomatic relations with Cuba after 50 years of sanctions and embargo, announcing that the US would seek to open an embassy in the coming months and to relax economic and travel restrictions.

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