Welcome to inside story im Lisa Fletcher in for ray suarez. Search for a better path, how secretary of state john kerry described the new chapter in the u. S. Cuban relationship. The historic raising of the flag in havana, he presided, something that hasnt happened since january 1961. Thats when three u. S. Marines were tasked with taking down the flag as the United States ended diplomatic relations with cuba. Those same three u. S. Marines were on hand today to witness a far more welcome sight. Secretary of state kerry rawltd those days noting that cubas future is for cub cubans to dec. But he noted that the United States will watch for cubans to reform. The United States will always remain a champion of democrat principles and reforms and indeed we remain convinced the people of cuba would be best served by genuine democracy, where people are free choose their leaders express their ideas practice their faith with a commitment to economic and social justice is realized more fully wher
Havana not all cuban americans are overjoyed about the reopening of the u. S. Embassy in cuba. For some memories of repression at the hands of the castros are stilt raw. Even with tensions easing and change coming some cuban americans will find that going home is not that easy. Returning to cuba, it is the inside story. Welcome to inside story im Lisa Fletcher in for ray suarez. Search for a better path, how secretary of state john kerry described the new chapter in the u. S. Cuban relationship. The historic raising of the flag in havana, he presided, something that hasnt happened since january 1961. Thats when three u. S. Marines were tasked with taking down the flag as the United States ended diplomatic relations with cuba. Those same three u. S. Marines were on hand today to witness a far more welcome sight. Secretary of state kerry rawltd those days noting that cubas future is for cub cubans to decide. But he noted that the United States will watch for cubans to reform. The United
Welcome to inside story im Lisa Fletcher in for ray suarez. Search for a better path, how secretary of state john kerry described the new chapter in the u. S. Cuban relationship. The historic raising of the flag in havana, he presided, something that hasnt happened since january 1961. Thats when three u. S. Marines were tasked with taking down the flag as the United States ended diplomatic relations with cuba. Those same three u. S. Marines were on hand today to witness a far more welcome sight. Secretary of state kerry rawltd those days noting that cubas future is for cub cubans to decide. But he noted that the United States will watch for cubans to reform. The United States will always remain a champion of democrat principles and reforms and indeed we remain convinced the people of cuba would be best served by genuine democracy, where people are free choose their leaders express their ideas practice their faith with a commitment to economic and social justice is realized more fully w
Australian commentator and former cricket captain, Richie Benaud. Hello, thanks for joining us. The summit of the americas gets underway in the coming hours, at a time of great transformation huge challenges and also many opportunities for the region that really are worthy of history. Lets just take the headline act. President obama expected to meet the cuban leader raul castro. When john kerry held his talks with his cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in the course of thursday night, that was already the highest level meeting in more than half a century. Have a look at these two. This is the last comparable meeting. Fidel castro meeting the then Vice President richard nixon, in 1959. Just a year after that that diplomatic relations were broken off, as cuba nationalized all american businesses. Fast forward to 1982 and the u. S. Then added cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. That was for offering sanctuary to separatist and colombian rebels. Now the state department has r