Opening Havana, Washington Embassies Draw Companies, Candidates

A diplomatic freeze that stretched back five decades, outlasting the Cold War and nine U.S. presidencies, formally ended Monday when Cuba and the U.S. reopened embassies.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is attending a flag-raising ceremony at the Cuban chancery in Washington before meeting Secretary of State John Kerry, who will travel to Havana later this summer. At the State Department, the Cuban flag was hung before dawn. No ceremony was held at the U.S. embassy in Havana.