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The US Breaks Ties with Cuba

The US Breaks Ties with Cuba

Update: 2014-12-18
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It was in January 1961 that the USA first broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba. Wayne Smith was one of the last diplomats to leave the US embassy in Havana.

(Photo: An advert on the Miami waterfront after Fidel Castro came to power. Credit: Graf/Getty Images)

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The US Breaks Ties with Cuba

The US Breaks Ties with Cuba

BBC World Service