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With a cordial evening handshake, President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved Friday toward a historic meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas. The meeting. It was the highest-level, face-to-face contact between officials from the two countries since the Dec.. Congress would have 45 days from the day Obama removes Cuba from the list to issue a resolution of disapproval, but the margin of passage would have to be veto-proof. Rep.
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President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday held their first in-person meeting since announcing their bid to restore diplomatic ties, a historic break from the nations Cold War past that Obama said.. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), a longtime advocate for changing U.S. policy toward Cuba who is also attending the summit, praised the steps Obama has taken and said she hopes an announcement about opening embassies in both nations comes soon.
Obama, Castro Have Historic Face-to-Face Meeting
This is obviously an historic meeting between the United States and Cuba, Obama said at the face-to-face meeting, referrring to the countries complicated history. After 50 years of policy that had not worked, it was time for us to try something new..
Obama, Castro to come face to face amid bid to restore ties.
Americans and Cubans alike can recall just how deep the animosity between their countries ran during the Cold War, when even a casual, friendly exchange between their leaders would have been unthinkable. So while Obama and Castro have no formal meetings scheduled together, even a brief handshake or hallway greeting will be scrutinized for signs of whether the two nations are really poised to put their hostile pasts behind them. Obama and Castro cross��.
Obama and Castro to break Cold War ice in person | The.
US President Barack Obama and Cubas Raul Castro will have a historic face-to-face encounter at the Summit of the Americas this week, breaking the ice after decades of glacial relations. The image of US and Cuban. While the meeting will mark a major milestone ��� no Cuban leader has attended a Summit of the Americas ��� the two sides have yet to reopen embassies and lingering differences have been evident at negotiations that started in January. A major sticking point has��.
Historic Meeting Expected Between Obama, Castro At.
Making history with a symbolic handshake, President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are expected to take another step today toward normalizing relations between the Cold War adversaries with a face-to-face meeting in Panama.. The AP writes: ���Anticipation of an Obama-Castro meeting has been steadily building throughout this weeks Summit of the Americas in Panama City, and reached a fever pitch Friday evening when they traded handshakes and��.
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US, Cuba leaders hold first face-to-face talks in decades
April 11, 2015. Panama City (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro held historic talks in Panama on Saturday, the first meeting between leaders of the Cold War-era foes since the 1950s. Article (c) Yahoo��.
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Summit Voice Video. President Obama and President Ra��l Castro of Cuba met in the first face-to-face discussion between leaders of the two countries in a half century. The meeting was an important step to defuse a generations-old dispute.. ���Historic disturbances of fire, development and invasive species have altered the sagebrush landscape, but climate change may represent the habitats greatest future risk,��� said Collin Homer, the U.S. Geological Survey��.
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U.S. moves to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and loosen the five-decade trade embargo have the potential to end a legacy of mistrust in our hemisphere and have added up to new hope for the future in Cuba, Obama said in his State of the.
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Obama, Castro Shake Hands Ahead Of Historic Meeting.
President Obama talks with Cuban counterpart Raul Castro before Fridays inauguration of the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama City. Reuters /. Its the handshake some have waited more than 50 years for.. Officials acknowledge theres great expectation and anxiety surrounding this historic, face-to-face meeting.. on MYSTERY CRY FOR HELP Utah babys rescuers heard unexplained voice in carAnd yet people deny there is a God, well then please explain.
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Anticipation Rises for Obama, Castro to Talk ��� Voice of.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro were set to make history Saturday with a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama. The face-to-face talks would mark the first meeting��.
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President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are expected to speak in-person on Saturday���a historic and much anticipated face-to-face discussion aimed at thawing chilly relations between the two nations��.
Anticipation Rises for Obama, Castro to Talk | Kkyba.org
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro were set to make history Saturday with a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama.. The face-to-face talks would mark the first meeting of U.S. and Cuban leaders since 1956, coming after the two presidents announced plans in December to normalize relations between their two nations. At the opening. Voice of America �� Voice of America �� Voice of America �� Voice of America.
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3. Obama and Castros summit could include historic meeting. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro could have a face-to-face meeting at the two-day Summit of the Americas in Panama, which kicks off Friday. Their potential encounter is .
Historic talks await Obama, Castro in Panama - Rappler
(3rd UPDATE) Taking their bid to restore diplomatic ties that were severed in 1961, Obama and Castro will have a discussion on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas.
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Anticipation grows: Obama, Castro to meet Saturday in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) -- Generations of distrust between the U.S. and Cuba could begin to fade away Saturday as their presidents meet face to face for the first time since the height of the Cold War. The historic gathering offers Barack Obama and Raul.
Obama, Castro To Come Face To Face Amid Bid To Restore.
The president said Thursday that he soon decide whether to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism now that the State Department has finished a review on the question as part of the move to reopen diplomatic. So while Obama and Castro have no formal meetings scheduled together, even a brief handshake or hallway greeting will be scrutinized for signs of whether the two nations are really poised to put their hostile pasts behind them. Obama��.
US, Cuba leaders hold first face-to-face talks in decades.
Panama City (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro held historic talks in Panama on Saturday, the first meeting between.
Historic time: Obama, Castro to meet Saturday ��� USA.
���We have come together at a historic time,��� Obama said during a speech Saturday before the expected meeting at the Summit of the Americas second and final day. ���The United. If the two leaders talk on Saturday, itll be the most meaningful face-to-face encounter between U.S. and Cuban presidents since Dwight Eisenhower and Fugencio Batista met in 1956 ��� incidentally at another summit organized by the Organization of American States in Panama. Even as the��.
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