President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday and declared an end to America's "outdated approach" to the communist island in a historic shift aimed at ending a half-century of Cold War enmity.Cuban President Raul Castro addressed his country saying that the Cuba and the United States still have differences but they are going to have to learn to live together. Obama aims to expand economic ties with Cuba, open an embassy in Havana, send high-ranking U.S. officials to visit and review Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. The U.S. also is easing restrictions on travel to Cuba, including for family visits, official U.S. government business and educational activities. But tourist travel remains banned.
Obama's actions was an abrupt use of executive power, but he couldn't end the U.S. economic cargo on Cuba.
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