US, Cuba resume talks amid tensions over Venezuela
18 March 2015 1:37 AM GMT
US and Cuban officials have met in Havana for new talks on restoring diplomatic ties, but their historic rapprochement was strained by tensions over Venezuela.
The top US diplomat for Latin America, Roberta Jacobson, met her Cuban counterpart Josefina Vidal yesterday behind closed doors for a third round of talks on normalizing relations, but the atmosphere of reconciliation was marred by protests over Washington’s stance on Venezuela.
As Jacobson touched down in the Cuban capital late Sunday, thousands of people attended a concert and rally to “support the Bolivarian (Venezuelan) people and government” in their mounting row with the United States.
US relations with Venezuela, a key Cuban ally, have been on a downward spiral since President Nicolas Maduro accused Washington in February of sponsoring a coup attempt against him - a claim Washington denies.
The top US diplomat for Latin America, Roberta Jacobson, met her Cuban counterpart Josefina Vidal yesterday behind closed doors for a third round of talks on normalizing relations, but the atmosphere of reconciliation was marred by protests over Washington’s stance on Venezuela.
As Jacobson touched down in the Cuban capital late Sunday, thousands of people attended a concert and rally to “support the Bolivarian (Venezuelan) people and government” in their mounting row with the United States.
US relations with Venezuela, a key Cuban ally, have been on a downward spiral since President Nicolas Maduro accused Washington in February of sponsoring a coup attempt against him - a claim Washington denies.
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