The Cuban thaw was a normalization of Cuba–United States relations from July 2015 to June 2017, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations. In March 2016, Barack Obama became the first
U.S. President Obama meets with Cuban leader Raúl Castro in Panama, 2015
Alan Gross en route to Andrews Air Force Base in the United States on December 17, 2014, aboard a U.S. government plane; Gross was released by the Cuban government in a prisoner swap.
The Flag of Cuba is raised during the official reopening of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., on 20 July 2015.
Delta Air Lines Flight 639, the airline's first flight to Cuba in 55 years, arriving at José Martí International Airport
A United States embargo has prevented U.S. businesses and citizens from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1960. Modern diplomatic relations are cold, stemming from historic confl
Cuban thaw
…dialogue with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro in 2014. A normalization agreement was put in place that year, easing the U.S. embargo against Cuba. The agreement would lift restrictions on the Cuban travel ban, remittances to Cuba, and access to the Cuban financial system. The U.S. embassy in…
The National Capitol of Cuba in Havana was built in 1929 and is said to be modeled on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., 2004
Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Washington, D.C., 1960
Barack Obama and Raúl Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, 2016
A protest against the Cuban government and in support of the U.S. embargo in Naples, Florida, 2021