The US government says it will continue to press Cuba over its human rights record, after the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
After more than half a century of isolation, Cuba has reopened its embassy in Washington DC, and US secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba next month.
Critics of the resumption of diplomatic relations say Cuba has a poor human rights record. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Washington will carefully monitor how Cuba behaves in future.
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Cuba and the United States have entered a new era with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest says American diplomats who will be based in Havana will be championing trade between the two countries. He says however that business is not the only priority, and the Cuban government must understand that how it treats its own citizens will be under greater scrutiny.
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