Over 50 Years Later 90 Miles Is No Great Distance For US and Cuba

Cuban president Raul Castro said Cuba is prepared to break with the contentious past and peacefully coexist with the US.
The nations re-established diplomatic relations on Monday after a 54-year embargo and period of hostile tension.
The US and Cuba began secret negotiations for restoring ties in mid-2013, leading to the historic announcement on 17 December 2014.
Both Castro and US president Barack Obama said they had swapped prisoners and would seek to normalize relations.
Castro added normalization would require the return to Cuban sovereignty of the US naval base at Cuba’s Guantánamo Bay, although American officials have said Guantánamo is not a topic of discussion in talks with Cuba.