U.S. To Reopen Embassy In Cuba, For Now Without An Ambassador

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A Cuban flag flutters next to the US Interests section in Havana, on July 2, 2015. Private business shops --visa-related tasks, coffee shops and lockers for mobile phones and handbags-- flourish around the US Interests section. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)
A Cuban flag flutters next to the US Interests section in Havana, on July 2, 2015. Private business shops --visa-related tasks, coffee shops and lockers for mobile phones and handbags-- flourish around the US Interests section. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo credit should read YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images)

That the United States is finally ready to reopen its embassy in Cuba comes as little surprise; U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration had hoped to plant its diplomatic flag in Havana back in April, more than a half-century since the two nations severed relations. But Obama’s announcement Wednesday was absent a salient detail: a decision on who will serve as the ambassador.

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