Cuban president to make announcement on U.S. relations

Cuba's President Raul Castro attends the opening session of the 10th ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 14, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro will speak to his nation at noon on Wednesday about relations with the United States, Cuban state television reported. The advisory came as a U.S. official in Washington said Cuba had released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison. (Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Howard Goller)