Cuba Welcomes The Opening Of U.S. Embassy

HAVANA, CUBA - JULY 20: Melanie Gideon from Los Angeles shows a form given to her by the US Embassy in Cuba that bears a header reading "Embassy of the United States, Havana, Cuba" along witgh a form that was given to her yesterday, still reading "US Interest Section", in front of the US embassy in Havana, on July 20, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. The US and Cuba have officially re-established diplomatic relations today as converting their respective Interest Sections into embassies. While the opening of the Cuban embassy in Washington D.C. took place with the presence of the Cuban Foreign Minister, US Secretary of State has announced that he will travel to Havana on August 14 to lead the ceremony of the opening of the US embassy in Cuba, 54 years after it was closed in 1961. (Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images)