--- title: Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C. description: After more than 50 years, the U.S. and Cuba are restoring diplomatic relations, with the Cuban government opening in embassy in D.C. on Monday morning.... canonical: https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-20T14:00:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:23:40.499Z article:section: World og:title: Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C. og:description: After more than 50 years, the U.S. and Cuba are restoring diplomatic relations, with the Cuban government opening in embassy in D.C. on Monday morning.... og:url: https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt982cede132ec5d49/69885b90524fc0e429df3a35/cuba-us-embassy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US Cuba og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C. twitter:description: After more than 50 years, the U.S. and Cuba are restoring diplomatic relations, with the Cuban government opening in embassy in D.C. on Monday morning.... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt982cede132ec5d49/69885b90524fc0e429df3a35/cuba-us-embassy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C. by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 20, 2015 2:00 PM CUT  Edwardo Clark, a Cuban-American, holds an American flag and a Cuban flag as he celebrates outside the new Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015. Edwardo Clark, a Cuban-American, holds an American flag and a Cuban flag as he celebrates outside the new Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 20, 2015 2:00 PM CUT After more than 50 years, the U.S. and Cuba are restoring diplomatic relations, with the Cuban government opening in embassy in D.C. on Monday morning. Watch the embassy’s opening live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C.","datePublished":"2015-07-20T14:00:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:23:40.499Z","description":"After more than 50 years, the U.S. and Cuba are restoring diplomatic relations, with the Cuban government opening in embassy in D.C. on Monday morning....","url":"https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/","keywords":["Cuba","Cuba topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt982cede132ec5d49/69885b90524fc0e429df3a35/cuba-us-embassy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt982cede132ec5d49/69885b90524fc0e429df3a35/cuba-us-embassy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Cuba","caption":"US Cuba","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cuba/","name":"Cuba"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3964325/watch-live-embassy-cuba-dc/","name":"Watch Live: Cuban Embassy Opens in D.C."}}]}] ```