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Live White House refuses to rule out Obama visit to Cuba after relations breakthrough – live updates
President Obama speaks after release of 65-year-old US prisoner Alan Gross, who had been held since 2009 -
Alan Gross speaks to press after being released from a Cuban prison where he was held for five years
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Gross thanks supporters and backs Obama’s policy in return home after being detained for five years
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Surprise breakthrough came after 45-minute phone call between President Obama and Raúl Castro finalised the release of US prisoner Alan Gross
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Thousands of people sang Happy Birthday and performed a mass tango in St Peter’s Square to celebrate the pope’s birthday. The Argentinian pontiff was born in the birthplace of the tango and previously admitted to being a fan of the erotic dance
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Pope sent letters to Obama and Castro calling on pair to ‘resolve humanitarian questions of common interest’ while Vatican helped broker talks
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The US president announces drastic changes to the relationship between the US and Cuba, ending 50 years of hostility
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Castro urged the US, which will soon establish an embassy in Havana, to ease decades-old restrictions on travel, post and telecommunications
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Alan Gross, a 65-year-old aid worker, arrives at a US base in Maryland after being detained in a Cuban prison for five years
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Barack Obama and Raúl Castro have struck a historic deal to improve ties between the two countries but who can now visit or sell things to Cuba?
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President Barack Obama announced plans to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba on Wednesday
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From the archive blog How US-Cuba relations broke down after Castro's revolution, from the Guardian archive
The events of 50 years ago that led to Barack Obama’s historic announcement – as they happened in the pages of the newspaper -
Gross, who has been imprisoned for five years, was released on humanitarian grounds at the request of the United States
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Obama administration releases revision of current policy with Havana after securing release of Alan Gross
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The streets of Mexico City burst with sound and colour as hundreds of clowns make their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe in Mexico City
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Protesters gather in Mexico City on Tuesday for the lighting of a Christmas tree decorated with the faces of the 43 missing student teachers abducted by corrupt local police
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Thousands gather in Vatican City to dance and sing Happy Birthday for pope, who has turned 78
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Friend says he had received death threats in the years following the 2009 coup
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Outraged Peruvian officials say demonstration over UN climate talks damaged centuries-old etching in desert
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Rio congressman tells lawmaker he ‘wouldn’t rape her’ because she is not worth it – the second time rightwinger has used rape slur in Congress -
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El Torito founder popularized Mexican culinary staples by making them milder: ‘It would be ridiculous to have spicy food for the first time someone tries Mexican’
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Next year the Belo Monte dam will flood vast swathes of Amazon rainforest. Indian tribes living on the river have lost their fight to halt the project – now they await the floods that threaten their entire way of life
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Leaked government documents say federal officials did nothing to stop disappearance and probable massacre of missing 43
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Socialist leader, who is seeing his popularity fall amid deep economic crisis, lambasted ‘insolent Yankees’ to thousands of supporters at rally in Caracas
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Panel upholds decision to dismiss lawsuit filed by family members of labor union leaders killed in 2004 by brigade of Colombian national army
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Injuries to 21 people reported and cars burned near venue of solidarity concert for 43 students missing since September
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Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, denounces US human rights record but is not in custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela
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This weekend’s deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions gave everyone at the talks in Peru what they came for - sort of
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Laurent Lamothe has announced he will comply with a commission calling for him to step down
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Proposals too weak to keep global warming to the agreed limit of two degrees above pre-industrial levels
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Revelations about Luid Videgaray’s holiday home worsens credibility crisis engulfing administration of Enrique Peña Nieto as protests continue
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Updates and reaction from the UN climate summit in Peru, where nearly 200 countries are trying to agree the draft text for a deal to avoid dangerous global warming
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Obama expected to sign measure freezing officials’ assets as Venezuelan president Nicolar Maduro calls the move ‘crazy’
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Canadian navy says alcohol at sea will be for special occasions only after a series of ‘questionable incidents’ involving mariners under the influence
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