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After 12 years interned in US prisons, the last of the Miami Five detainees are finally home

by John Haylett and Luke James

OVER half a century of US hostility to Cuban independence ended yesterday when Barack Obama vowed to cancel an outdated approach that has failed to advance US interests.

Simultaneous press conferences by President Obama in Washington and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro in Havana signalled the official beginning of a new bilateral relationship.

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