US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will travel to Cuba on January 21-22 to discuss migration and normalization, the Department of State said on Thursday. US President Barack Obama announced in December that the US is seeking to establish diplomatic relations following some 50 years of a US-imposed embargo. The last time a similarly highly-ranked US official visited was in 2011
Cuba has freed six more detainees on Thursday, dissidents say, bringing the total to nine people from the list of 53 people considered by the US to be political prisoners. Cuba agreed to free the prisoners as part of the renewal of diplomatic relations between the two countries. However, details of those set to be released are being kept secret by both countries. The next negotiations between Cuba and the US will be later this month in Havana.
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