U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and his Cuban counterpart Adel Yzquierdo Rodríguez sign an agreement on regular flights between the two countries. Foto: Yaimí Ravelo
Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, a Council of Ministers vice president, receives Governor Terry McAuliffe. Foto: Jorge Luis González
Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, a Council of Ministers vice president, receives Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Foto: Jose M. Correa
A memorandum of understanding is signed between Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and several U.S. institutions including the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration; the National Parks Service, and the Interior Department, to promote cooperation on environmental issues. Pictured are Dr. Fernando Mario González Bermúdez, from the Cuban ministry (right) and Pedro Ramos, superintendent of Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks. Foto: Yaimí Ravelo
A memorandum of understanding is signed between Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and several U.S. institutions including the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration; the National Parks Service, and the Interior Department, to promote cooperation on conservation of protected areas. Pictured are Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, U.S. undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere (left) and Fernando Mario González Bermúdez, Cuban deputy minister of Science, Technology and Environment (right). Foto: Yaimí Ravelo
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla receives U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack at the ministry in Havana. Foto: Jorge Luis González
Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero, Cuban minister of Agriculture, receives U.S. Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack. Rollero is pictured right with Josefina Vidal from the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and left of Vilsack is Jeffrey DeLaurentis, chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Havana. Foto: Jorge Luis González
Hilda Arias Pérez, for Cuba’s telecommunications company ETECSA, and Marcelo Claure, chief executive officer of the U.S: corporation Sprint sign an agreement. Foto: Yander Zamora
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker meets Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban minister of Foreign Trade and Investment. Foto: Anabel Díaz
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is received by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez. Foto: Anabel Díaz
President Barack Obama accepts diplomatic credentials from Cuban ambassador to the United States, José Ramón Cabañas. Foto: embajadacuba.com
Held in Havana was the first meeting of the Bilateral Commission responsible for organizing talks on the process of moving toward normalization. Leading the Cuban and U.S. Cuban delegations respectively were Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, the Foreign Ministry’s general director for the United States, and Edward Alex Lee, State Department undersecretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs. Foto: Cubaminrex
Pictured are John Kerry and Josefina Vidal during the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana. Foto: Ismael Batista
Bruno Rodríguez and John Kerry meet. Foto: Cubaminrex
The nation’s flag is raised at the Cuban embassy in Washington. Foto: Ismael Francisco
Jeffrey DeLaurentis, head of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana delivers a message for President Raúl Castro from President Obama to Marcelino Medina González, regarding the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of embassies. Foto: Juvenal Balán
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and her Cuban counterpart, Rodrigo Malmierca, open the second session of talks on regulatory issues. Foto: Ismael Francisco
Bruno Rodríguez and John Kerry hold a press conference at the state Department in Washington. Foto: Ismael Francisco
The first round of talks directed toward the reestablishment of diplomatic relations was chaired by Josefina Vidal (right), the Foreign Ministry’s general director for the United States, and Roberta Jacobson, assistant secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, in Havana’s Convention Center. Foto: Juvenal Balán
