Republican senator sees US embassy in Havana coming soon
Source: AP
HAVANA (AP) — The opening of a U.S. embassy in Cuba for the first in 54 years is "imminent," a U.S. senator said Saturday as he and two other Republicans finished a short visit to Cuba said.
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona was in Havana with fellow senators Susan Collins of Maine and Pat Roberts of Kansas on a fact-finding mission and to gauge progress on talks to restore normal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
After meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and North American Affairs Director Josefina Vidal, Flake predicted the opening of both a Cuban embassy in Washington and a U.S. embassy in Havana will occur in the very near future.
"Nothing has been set, but it's imminent," he said.
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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz, shakes hands with Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel, at Revolution Palace, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, June 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, Pool)
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Former President Jimmy Carter went during the Busch Occupancy and they broadcast his speech live on both radio and tv, across the island.
They met when they both attended the funeral of Canada's Pierre Trudeau, who was a good friend of Fidel Castro's, and during the times they spoke there, Castro invited Jimmy Carter to visit Cuba, which he did, even though the Republicans raised Republican Hell about it.
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In Canada
First visit in Cuba.
Below, Jimmy Carter goes to a Cuban baseball game
Below, 2nd trip to Cuba to visit the very ill Fidel Castro.
Greeted by Bruno Rodriguez, Foreign Minister
Visiting, with translator.
Jimmy Carter's wearing the Cuban favorite national shirt, the guayabera.[/center]
