On this day, 64 years ago, January 3, 1961 (November 17, 1960, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. Cuban President Castro Castro led an uprising to overthrow Batista's dictatorship on January 1, 1959 and establish a revolutionary government. After the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the U.S. government has always adopted a hostile attitude towards Cuba. Cuba and the United States severed diplomatic relations on January 3 after the 1961 U.S. mercenary invasion of Cuba was shattered. The U.S. government subsequently imposed an economic, trade and financial blockade on Cuba. On April 13, 2009, U.S. President Obama announced the lifting of restrictions on U.S. citizens visiting relatives in Cuba and sending remittances to their relatives in Cuba, and supported U.S. companies in entering the Cuban telecommunications network and satellite radio and television service market. At the same time, Cuban leaders recently held a long friendly meeting with a visiting delegation of U.S. congressmen. The cold relationship between the United States and Cuba may gradually warm up. A Cuban (left) embraces relatives who have just arrived on a flight from Miami at Jose Martí International Airport in Havana, the capital of Cuba.