normalization

Cuba opens Washington embassy, urges end to embargo

For the first time in 54 years, the U.S. and Cuba reopened their embassies on Monday, marking a return to diplomatic engagement between the two countries.

July 17, 2015

Headlines this week in PD News followed the historic nuclear negotiations between Iran and global powers and the role public diplomacy will play in normalizing relations.  

Acknowledging the failure of fifty years of economic sanctions, President Obama announced his intention to "leave behind the legacy of both colonization and communism" and normalize relations with the island nation.

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