Pele happy to see Cosmos match play role in U.S.-Cuba detente


Former Brazilian soccer star Pele attends a news conference in Havana in Havana June 1, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Brazilian football great Pele said he was pleased Tuesday's friendly between the Cuban national team and his former club the New York Cosmos might help foster better relations between the United States and Cuba, which have embarked on detente.

The Cosmos have scheduled the first match of an American professional sports team in Cuba since the two countries announced in December they would seek to end half a century of animosity.

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