The restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba shows the possibility of resolving disputes peacefully and attached to international law, governors, representatives of civil organizations and world leaders agreed.
The confirmation on Wednesday, July 1, about the reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana on July 20 and the restoration of ties at that level, announced by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Cuban peer, Raul Castro, has aroused interest and satisfaction worldwide.
The United Nations System in Cuba welcomed the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries, while considered that the opening of embassies in their respective capitals is an important milestone towards normalization.
UN's Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, welcomed this step and trusted that this historic measure benefits the peoples from both nations.
The organizations comprising the Marti Alliance coalition (AM) also confirmed in Miami their satisfaction with the fact, as they reiterated their solidarity with the Cuban government and people.
We greeted with great enthusiasm -but with caution that these events require- those agreements that conclude one part of the rapprochement process between the two countries, said a note from the Leadership Committee of AM, to which Prensa Latina had access.
From the Latin American region and outside the continent, the July 1 announcement, after 54 years of absence of diplomatic relations, suspended by the United States in 1961, was declared.
In a statement, the government of Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez, held the event and also highlighted the need that Washington ends the economic, financial and commercial blockade to the island imposed in 1962.
For Bolivia's Vice President, Alvaro Garcia Linera, this new achievement is a victory for the Caribbean island. This is a kind of rewriting of the history, something that should have happened 40 years ago, he said on a visit to Chile.
From that southern nation, the Government of Michelle Bachelet congratulated Cuba and the United States "for the determined will of understanding and political commitment deployed to generate an atmosphere of dialogue, agreement, and cooperation."
Uruguay also welcomed the news and said that this 'will reaffirm peace and contribute to strengthen dialogue and cooperation throughout the American continent."
Washington should end an anachronistic, cruel and inhuman policy that affects all categories of the Cuban population, especially the most vulnerable ones, and all sectors of the society, French scholar Salim Lamrani said from Paris.
From so distant nations such as South Africa and Pakistan, the decision that has led some international media and specialists to consider the story of the year, was