John Kerry: Cuba, One Year Later

John Kerry: Cuba, One Year Later

US Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement on the first anniversary of the US-Cuba rapprochement By John Kerry A year has passed since President Obama proposed normalizing relations with Cuba, re-opening our embassies, and creating more opportunities for our two peoples to engage with one another.  This was a dramatic change in policy, but it represented … Read more

John Kerry: Why I’m In Havana

By John Kerry In 1961, three U.S. Marines lowered the American flag at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.  Today, they’ve returned to Cuba to raise the flag once more. Fifty-four years ago, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba, and three young Marine guards volunteered for one final act of duty: lowering their country’s … Read more