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Granma International will be following the official visit of the President of the United States to Cuba
OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY OF CUBA CENTRAL COMMITTEE
President of the United States to arrive in Cuba this afternoon
The President of the United States of America, Barack H. Obama, will arrive on an official visit to Cuba this Sunday afternoon
John Kerry arrives in Havana tomorrow to open U.S. embassy
Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Havana tomorrow, August 14, to ceremonially open the U.S. embassy in Cuba
Increase in U.S. tourist arrivals since December 2014
Despite still not being able to freely travel to Cuba as tourists, the number of U.S. citizens visiting the island has increased by 54% this year
Young Cubans call for the return of the territory illegally occupied by the U.S. in Guantánamo
During the 39th edition of the Festival of Political Song, young Cuban artists once again called for the return of our territory, occupied by the U.S. at the illegal Guantanamo Naval Base
U.S. withdraws Cuba from its unilateral list of traffickers in persons
The U.S. State Department notes that for two consecutive years Cuban authorities have reported on efforts undertaken to confront trafficking in persons
President Obama in Havana’s Plaza de Armas
U.S. President tours sites of historic and cultural value in Old Havana
The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, arrives in Cuba
The U.S. President was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Ambassador to the U.S. José Ramón Cabañas and the Charge d'affaires of the Embassy of the United States in Havana, Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Statements to the press from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
The two diplomats met and held a joint press conference at the State Department, following the re-opening of Cuba’s embassy in Washington July 20.
Cuban and U.S. banks sign agreement
Cuba’s International Commerce Bank and the U.S. Stonegate Bank reached the first important financial accord to be signed since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries July 20.
Cuban Foreign Minister meets U.S. Secretary of State
Rodríguez Parrilla insisted that the definitive lifting of the blockade is essential to the normalization of relations, and emphasized that, in the meantime, President Obama can continue using his executive powers to significantly reduce the blockade’s impact.
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