Leaders across Latin America from both the right and the left cheered on the historic steps taken by the governments of the United States and Cuba to thaw their long-frozen relations. The jailing of U.S. Agency for International Development contractor Alan Gross since 2009 had long stood as the largest obstacle for the Obama administration toward further relations. The prisoner swap that led to Gross's release on Wednesday paved the way for sweeping changes to U.S. policy toward Cuba , including the establishment of embassies in Havana and Washington for the first time since 1961, reviewing whether Cuba should remain...
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