U.S. and Cuba set to formally re-establish diplomatic relations

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Washington Post

U.S. and Cuba set to formally re-establish diplomatic relations
By Karen DeYoung July 17 at 8:16 PM 


Early Monday, before the public doors are opened and the day officially begins, the State Department will hang a new flag among the 192 banners displayed in its lobby atrium, a silent acknowledgment of the formal re-establishment of U.S.-Cuban diplomatic relations after more than 54 years.

A few hours later, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, on his first-ever visit to Washington, will raise his country’s flag in front of the 16th Street NW mansion that will once again become Havana’s embassy. In the afternoon, Rodríguez will meet and hold a joint news conference with Secretary of State John F. Kerry at the State Department.

Members of Congress who have long supported rapprochement between the countries will attend, along with an administration delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson.

President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro set the date in an exchange of letters on July 1, nearly seven months after announcing the two governments would restore diplomatic ties.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cuba-prepare-to-re-establish-diplomatic-relations/2015/07/17/5304d4f6-2cc4-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html

[CottonBear]

1. Historic. n/t

[mia]

2. Miami Cubans propose a new flag for "Castrogonia"

http://babalublog.com/2015/07/17/awful-mistake-about-to-be-made-in-washington-wrong-cuban-flag-to-be-raised/

Ay! How many mistakes will these folks keep making as the "normalization" circus hits town?

Never mind all the concessions already made to the Castro regime, and all the concessions still to be made.

The U.S. State department seems to think that the flag of the Republic of Cuba -- which ceased to exist in 1959 -- is still the flag of the nation incorrectly called "Cuba" by its present illegitimate rulers.

Huge mistake. The flag with the star in a red triangle, three blue stripes and two white stripes is not at all the flag of Castrogonia, the island enslaved by the Castro regime....

[NBachers]

5. It reads like a poorly written satire humor blog, but it's actually a poorly written serious blog.

[msongs]

3. great news. engagement is much more effective than acting stupid nt

[AngryDem001]

4. I can hear the right wing heads exploding already.

[DFW]

6. It has been many years since I was there

I look forward to going back, this time as a normal tourist, and not some special guest of their government, who escorted me around every waking second I was there. I look forward to being able to talk with normal people without government agents listening over my shoulder all the time.