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In the wake of a prisoner exchange, the United States and Cuba moved to end 5 decades of Cold War hostility, agreeing to revive diplomatic ties in a breakthrough that would also ease a crippling US trade embargo. Admitting that the US trade ban had failed, US President Barack Obama said Washington was ready for a “new chapter” in relations with Cuba and would re-establish its embassy in Havana, which closed down in 1961. Pope Francis played a crucial role in brokering the talks between the two countries.
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