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A new is starting with relations between the USA and Cuba. The two countries have had very little with each other for over fifty years. That changed on Wednesday when US President Barack Obama announced he wanted to get the between the USA and Cuba back to . One of the first things President Obama wants to do is to restore and economic ties. He told that: "Today, America chooses to cut the shackles of the past." Cuban President Raul Castro said: "We have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations." The two have been in talks for more than a year. Some negotiations were at the Vatican and included from Pope Francis.

The White House announced a series of to reset relations between the two nations. The USA will no longer state that Cuba sponsors . It will be for US citizens to travel to and do business in Cuba. There will also be better telephone and Internet for people to communicate with each other. A major change is the lifting of the 54-year-old trade that stops US goods going to Cuba and all Cuban goods going to the USA. Mr Castro said he has worked for the normalisation of with the USA. He said he hoped the two countries could now share a future together. He told reporters: "We must learn the of coexisting with our differences in a civilised ."

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