ALBA Hails Reopening of Embassies, Calls for Lifting Blockade

The ALBA regional alliance hailed yesterday's reopening of U.S. and Cuban embassies. In a written statement the bloc of progressive Latin American and Caribbean countries said further steps were necessary, specifically the ending of the blockade and the return of the area occupied by the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay to Cuba. teleSUR