Title: US, Cuba Restore Diplomatic Relations

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/cuba_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US, Cuba Restore Diplomatic Relations' data-article-id='630'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7229'>The United States and Cuba have re-established full diplomatic relations. </span> <span data-start-time='7229' data-end-time='16063'>It is the first time in 54 years that each side officially recognizes the other.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='16063' data-end-time='25458'>Early Monday morning, the flag of Cuba was raised at the headquarters of the State Department in Washington. </span> <span data-start-time='25458' data-end-time='34083'>The Cuban flag joined the flags of the other countries that have relations with the United States.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='34083' data-end-time='39396'>The re-establishment of ties is not without its critics. </span> <span data-start-time='39396' data-end-time='48229'>U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has said there has not been enough discussion of human rights in Cuba. </span> <span data-start-time='48229' data-end-time='52542'>Mr. Rubio belongs to the Republican Party.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/diplomat_image.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3410 data-hint-location='34083' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/the_reestablishment_of_ties_has_received_some__blank_.m4a'>The re-establishment of ties has received some <span class='blank'>criticism</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='criticism'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/criticism.m4a'><span>criticism</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/support.m4a'><span>support</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/hatred.m4a'><span>hatred</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/praise.m4a'><span>praise</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3411 data-hint-location='25458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/what_does_relations_mean.m4a'>What does relations mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='understandings or ties between nations'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/to_express_regret.m4a'><span>to express regret</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/accidentally.m4a'><span>accidentally</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/an_agreement_.m4a'><span>an agreement </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/understandings_or_ties_between_nations.m4a'><span>understandings or ties between nations</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3412 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/what_country_has_the_us_reestablished_relations_with.m4a'>What country has the U.S. re-established relations with?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Cuba'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/turkey.m4a'><span>Turkey</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/314/cuba.m4a'><span>Cuba</span></div><div 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The United States and Cuba have re-established full diplomatic relations. It is the first time in 54 years that each side officially recognizes the other.

Early Monday morning, the flag of Cuba was raised at the headquarters of the State Department in Washington. The Cuban flag joined the flags of the other countries that have relations with the United States.

The re-establishment of ties is not without its critics. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has said there has not been enough discussion of human rights in Cuba. Mr. Rubio belongs to the Republican Party.

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