Road of estrangement is not the right one, Kerry at US embassy reopening Cuba
- 9 years ago
The stars and stripes adorn the US embassy in Cuba for the first time in 54 years.
The flag raising ceremony in Havana marked another symbolic step towards thawing of relations between the former Cold War foes.
John Kerry is the first US Secretary of State to visit the country in seven decades. Marking the historic moment, he said:
“We don’t need a GPS to realise that the road of estrangement is not the right one. It’s time to move in a different direction.”
He also said that “the goal of all these changes is to connect Cubans to the world” adding that “Cuba’s future is for Cuba to shape.”
John Kerry: Live from Havana http://t.co/lWl7anYqJv— euronews (@euronews) August 14, 2015
Three marines who first lowered the embassy’s flag in 1961 were present in a symbolic gesture as the flag was raised once again.
Marines raise US Flag in Havana http://t.co/5byn88tSN7— euronews (@euronews) August 14, 2015
American poet Richard Blanco, born to a Cuban exile family recited
The flag raising ceremony in Havana marked another symbolic step towards thawing of relations between the former Cold War foes.
John Kerry is the first US Secretary of State to visit the country in seven decades. Marking the historic moment, he said:
“We don’t need a GPS to realise that the road of estrangement is not the right one. It’s time to move in a different direction.”
He also said that “the goal of all these changes is to connect Cubans to the world” adding that “Cuba’s future is for Cuba to shape.”
John Kerry: Live from Havana http://t.co/lWl7anYqJv— euronews (@euronews) August 14, 2015
Three marines who first lowered the embassy’s flag in 1961 were present in a symbolic gesture as the flag was raised once again.
Marines raise US Flag in Havana http://t.co/5byn88tSN7— euronews (@euronews) August 14, 2015
American poet Richard Blanco, born to a Cuban exile family recited