By Yang Jianmin

August 25, 2015

"The United States and Cuba reopened their embassies in each other's capitals on July 20 after 54 years, marking the official restoration of their diplomatic ties. The diplomatic rapprochement began with a milestone meeting between US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro on Dec 17, 2014, but full normalization of US-Cuba ties is unlikely to happen any time soon.

The process of fully normalizing bilateral relations will face tougher challenges from all directions and will depend on the length to which the two sides can go to realize it. If they succeed, it will make a world of difference to them as well as US-Latin America ties."

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