U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had been imprisoned there for five years.
Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations
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Alan Gross, a U.S. citizen who was recently released from a Cuban prison after being incarcerated for more than five years, speaks with his wife, Judy, shortly before leaving Havana on Dec. 17, 2014.
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People from the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) hold signs urging the U.S. to "End the blockade of Cuba," during a demonstration as President Barack Obama announced a change in U.S. policy with Cuba, White House, Dec. 17, 2014.
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Jailed U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor Alan Gross (right), poses for a picture during a visit with Cuban Jewish Community leader Adela Dworin and David Prinstein, Vice President, at Havana's Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital, Sept. 28, 2012.