N.M. Governor Bill Richardson in Havana

Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico is heading a 5-day trade mission to Cuba to promote New Mexico's agricultural produce and goods (chiefly beef) to Cuban authorities and to "report back" to President Barack Obama's on the current status of US-Cuba relations and the willingness of the Cuban government under Raúl Castro to further seek distention and the possible reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries severed by Washington 48 years ago.