HAVANA, CUBA - JANUARY 22: A microphone is placed between the flags of the US and Cuba in the press briefing room during the first round of talks with the US government to discuss diplomatic recognition, at the Palacio de las Convenciones, on January 22, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Roberta Jacobson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, is the highest ranking government official to visit Cuba since the Jimmy Carter era. Talks between the US and Cuba take place only weeks after President Obama and Cubas President Raul Castro announced they would re-establish diplomatic relations, on December 17, 2014. Cubas revolution leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since January 8, 2013, has not published
