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President Barack Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Dec. 17.

To Finish Up Year, Obama Will Hold A Press Conference

President Obama has a lot to talk about: From the recent protests in Ferguson to thawing relations with Cuba and Iran. Obama may also be asked about the cyber attack on Sony.

A tourist takes a cab ride in a classic American car as the driver takes him past the Capitolio in Havana, Cuba on Thursday.

What's Next For Cuba? The Headlines That Tell The Story

The State Department says a delegation of diplomats will visit the island next month. The formal restoration of diplomatic ties is expected to be as easy as the two countries writing each other notes.

Cubans try to connect to the Etecsa server during a May 9 service outage as they wait with other customers outside the offices of the state telecom monopoly in Havana, Cuba. Cuba's government has blamed technological problems on a U.S. embargo. Critics of the government have said it deliberately strangles the Internet to mute dissent. Normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations may prove who's right.

For An Island Trapped In The '50s, An Instant Digital Revolution

Cuba is one of the least connected countries on Earth, with 5 percent of residents online. But it could become the Caribbean's largest market if the Castros open the nation up to the Internet.

Administration Won't Rule Out Raul Castro Visit To White House

The remarks come a day after President Obama announced the U.S. and Cuba would begin talks to normalize relations and open embassies following more than five decades of hostility.

Cuba's President Fidel Castro, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Barinas, Venezuela, in 2000. The two formed a close partnership, which has continued with their successors. However, the prospect of normal ties between the U.S.-Cuba may also have an impact on relations between Cuba and Venezuela.

In Latin America, Not Everyone Is Thrilled With The U.S.-Cuba Thaw

Cuba and Venezuela are close allies who often seemed to speak with a single voice when it came to bashing the U.S. But now they may be out of synch.

Obama shakes hands with Castro during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa, on Dec. 10, 2013. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says his brother introduced himself to Obama in English, telling him, "Mr. President, I'm Castro," as the two leaders shook hands.

5 Defining Moments In The U.S.-Cuba Relationship

President Obama says the U.S. and Cuba will normalize relations, which were severed in 1961. Here are images that highlight the decades of tense relations.

An American classic car passes next to the building of the US Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 17, 2014.

San Diego's Cuban-Americans Respond To Effort To Revive U.S.-Cuba Relations

President Barack Obama's announcement on Wednesday sparked debate across the country. Now, local Cuban-Americans share their reactions.

Daniel Mera, co-owner of Andrés Restaurant, a Cuban eatery on Moreno Boulevard in San Diego, speaks to a reporter following President Barack Obama's announcement that the U.S. and Cuba will resume diplomatic relations, Dec. 17, 2014.

San Diegans Meet At Andrés Cuban Restaurant For Food, Debate

President Obama's plan to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba was a hot topic Wednesday

Cuban leader Fidel Castro looks up at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington on April 16, 1959. The Cuban leader visited Washington several months seizing power. But U.S.-Cuban relations quickly frayed and the U.S. imposed an embargo of the island in 1960. President Obama announced an overhaul of the U.S. policy on Wednesday.

The U.S. And Cuba: A Brief History Of A Tortured Relationship

The stalemate has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents, a failed invasion, a nuclear crisis and countless boatloads of Cuban asylum seekers. All that changed on Wednesday.

President Obama speaks with President Raul Castro of Cuba from the Oval Office on Tuesday.

PHOTO: President Obama's Phone Call With Cuban President Raul Castro

It was a phone call that preceded a plan to normalize diplomatic relations between historical foes.

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