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U.S.-Cuba rapprochement mood growing in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba - An event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Cuban social magazine "Temas" is held at a downtown hotel in Havana with some 20 U.S. officials included among about the 150 attendees on Dec. 19, 2014, mirroring the Dec. 17 announcement of the start of talks on normalizing bilateral ties severed in 1961.

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American gets honorable mention in int'l cocktail contest in Cuba

American bartender John Lermayer (L) from Miami, Florida, gets an honorable mention at the international Daiquiri King cocktail competition in Havana on July 23, 2015, the first time an American has taken part in the event. The competition took place at El Floridita bar, frequented by American writer Ernest Hemingway, three days after the restoration of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties. The winner was Cuban bartender Petro Ivan Rodriguez (C). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba restore full diplomatic relations after 54 yrs

People form a line in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana to obtain visas on July 20, 2015, when the two countries restored full diplomatic ties, severed more than five decades ago, opening embassies in each other's capitals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba restore full diplomatic relations after 54 yrs

Photo shows a classic car with a U.S. flag driving besides the U.S. Embassy in Havana on July 20, 2015, when the two countries restored full diplomatic ties, severed more than five decades ago, opening embassies in each other's capitals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba restore full diplomatic relations after 54 years

Photo shows the U.S. Embassy in Havana on July 20, 2015, as the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic ties, severed more than five decades ago, that day. The building had served as the U.S. Interests Section. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One million Cubans march on May Day

People march in a May Day parade at Havana's Revolution Square on May 1, 2015, the first major national event since the start of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic talks was announced in December 2014. About one million people took part. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bolivian Vice President Garcia welcomes U.S.-Cuba rapprochement

Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia speaks during an interview in Tokyo on April 13, 2015, in which he welcomed the historic rapprochement between the United States and Cuba. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba end 2-day talks in Havana

Cuban dissident Elizardo Sanchez (L) speaks at a press conference in Havana on Jan. 23, 2015. Sanchez, president of the Cuban Human Rithsts and National Reconciliation Commission, called for the early release of long-detained dissidents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba end 2-day talks in Havana

Roberta Jacobson, U.S. assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, speaks at a press conference in Havana on Jan. 23, 2015, after the end of two-day normalization talks with Cuban diplomats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Cuba start talks to restore diplomatic ties

Officials of the United States (L) and Cuba (R) start historic talks in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 21, 2015, to restore diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Cuba negotiations

Josefina Vidal, general director for the United States at Cuba's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters in Havana on Jan. 21, 2015, after the first day of two-day normalization talks with the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Cuba negotiations

Edward Alex Lee, deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. State Department, speaks to reporters in Havana on Jan. 21, 2015, after the first day of two-day normalizations talks with Cuba. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S.-Cuba rapprochement

A sightseeing bus runs in Havana in November 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S-Cuba rapprochement

A classic American-built car carrying tourists drives in front of Cuba's former parliament building in Havana in July 2015. Cuba has drawn attention from tourists and business people from around the world as it restored diplomatic relations with the United States in July for the first time in 54 years. On Dec. 17, 2015, the two nations marked the first anniversary of the surprise announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama that Washington would seek to normalize relations with Havana. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S.-Cuba rapprochement

Students study English in a language school in Havana in November 2015. People in Cuba now feel that they need to learn the language following their country restoring diplomatic relations with the United States in July for the first time in 54 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S.-Cuba rapprochement

Cuban foreign trade and investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca (far R) makes a toast during a reception at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Havana in November 2015, after a meeting between public- and private-sector officials of the two countries. Japan has turned its attention to Cuba since a surprise announcement in December 2014 that the United States and Cuba have agreed to start talks on restoring diplomatic relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S.-Cuba rapprochement

The old city of Havana is crowded with tourists in October 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of U.S-Cuba rapprochement

Classic American-made cars, a familiar sight on Cuban streets, are lined up in the old city of Havana in October 2015. Cuba has drawn attention from tourists and business people from around the world after it restored diplomatic relations with the United States in July for the first time in 54 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean diplomat leaves for Cuba

Kang Sok Ju (R), secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, is pictured in Pyongyang before departing for Cuba on June 22, 2015. The diplomat is expected to hold talks with officials in Havana on North Korea-Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Cuba rapprochement mood growing in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba - An event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Cuban social magazine "Temas" is held at a downtown hotel in Havana with some 20 U.S. officials included among about the 150 attendees on Dec. 19, 2014, mirroring the Dec. 17 announcement of the start of talks on normalizing bilateral ties severed in 1961. (Kyodo)