The United States and Cuba have signed an agreement to restore regular U.S. commercial flights to Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx spoke in Havana.
Anthony Foxx: “Today is a historic day in the relationship between Cuba and the United States. This morning, with the signing of the MOU, we are signaling that for the first time in more than five decades the Unites States and Cuba will allow scheduled air service between our two nations.”
The Obama administration has also approved the first U.S. factory in Cuba in more than 50 years, allowing a company from Alabama to assemble tractors there.