John Kerry In Havana

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Havana Monday with Colombian government and FARC rebel negotiators trying to strike a peace deal that would end a half-century of strife, a source close to the talks said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called today for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years.

With tense bilateral ties recently renewed after five decades, and top US diplomat John Kerry due in Havana in days, Cuba arrested some 90 activists on Sunday.

At the US mission in Havana, there were few outward signs today of its new status as an American embassy and the epochal shift in relations with Cuba after a 54-year break.

The United States and Cuba quietly ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations today, formally restoring diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago and re-establishing embassies in each other's capitals.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Havana Monday with Colombian government and FARC rebel negotiators trying to strike a peace deal that would end a half-century of strife, a source close to the talks said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called today for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years.

With tense bilateral ties recently renewed after five decades, and top US diplomat John Kerry due in Havana in days, Cuba arrested some 90 activists on Sunday.

At the US mission in Havana, there were few outward signs today of its new status as an American embassy and the epochal shift in relations with Cuba after a 54-year break.

The United States and Cuba quietly ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations today, formally restoring diplomatic ties severed more than five decades ago and re-establishing embassies in each other's capitals.