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Obama Shakes Hands With Raul Castro. AP | By JULIE PACE. More than half a century after the U.S. cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba, such exchanges between American and Cuban leaders are exceedingly rare. U.S. officials often have gone to great lengths to. In 2009, Obama made waves when he shook hands with the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, a strident critic of the United States, at the Summit of the Americas. ___. Associated Press writer��.
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On April 10-11, 2015 the Heads of State and Government of the Americas will address the Seventh Summit central theme, ���Prosperity with Equity: The Challenge of Cooperation in the Americas, within which will be discussed several sub-themes,. Obama, Castro Shake Hands at Summit of Americas. U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro greeted each other Friday evening and shook hands at the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
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Theres a lot of stuff there that is, I think, going to shake the confidence of Americans in her ability to lead in an honest fashion, Paul said. And dont forget, Paul was the first potential 2016er to. As President Obama heads to the Summit of the Americas meeting in Panama, all eyes will be on whether he ends up meeting with Cubas Raul Castro -- now that the United States is pursuing normalized relations with Cuba. According to a new MSNBC/Telemundo poll, 59%��.
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The U.S. is clearly the biggest economic power and as such the most influential voice in the hemisphere.. Its one thing for them to meet - its an international forum - and shake hands politely, said Raul Madrid, a Latin American expert at the.
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But the most important voice in D.C. sports is yours���thats why our phone [���]. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro during the official memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela at FNB Stadium on Dec. 10, 2013 in. A major test will come during Aprils Summit of the Americas in Panama, a gathering of Western Hemispheric leaders where Obama and Raul Castro are expected to meet. A forum��.
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April 10, 2015: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro shake hands as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) looks on, before the inauguration of the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama��.
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. historic rapprochement with Cuba has brought breathless attention to, of all things, the Summit of the Americas, a largely ceremonial, traditionally moribund gathering of the leaders of the Organization of American States, the 35 countries of North.
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Perhaps all can watch Presidents Obama and Castro shake hands again. 2) Pedro Luis. The officials exchanged information about Cubas computer systems and cybersecurity measures, according to a Voice of America report. In addition to the. President Obama has said he wants to see diplomatic ties restored before the April 10-11 Summit of the Americas in Panama, which both President Obama and President Ra��l Castro are expected to attend. The visit to��.
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Global Voices - Citizen media stories from around the world. The Cuban president, Ra��l Castro, and his American counterpart, Barack Obama, were pictured shaking hands at the memorial event for Nelson Mandela.
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Obama, Castro Shake Hands at Summit of Americas
PANAMA CITY���. U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro greeted each other Friday evening and shook hands at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. Obama administration officials said the interaction between the two leaders .
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An instagram video posted by Madeleine Garcia appears to show Obama and Castro shaking hands at the start of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City on Friday night, a highly symbolic gesture. The two leaders also shook hands at Nelson. Obama is expected to soon announce that the U.S. will remove Cuba from the list of nations that sponsor terrorism, and has expressed a desire to reopen an embassy in Havana. ���We will continue to have differences with��.
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Ra��l Castro will be welcomed to the Americas summit for the first time; Mr. Obama will shake his hand. In the coming days, Mr. Obama is. As for other Latin American leaders, they are unlikely to pressure Mr. Castro on his human rights record, as White House officials predicted they would once the stigma of the U.S. diplomatic boycott was lifted. Instead, many may join in an ambush of Mr. Obama being orchestrated by Mr. Castros closest ally. Venezuelan President��.
Handshake sets stage for historic Obama-Castro meeting.
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Update, 10:30 p.m. ET: President Obama and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, exchanged greetings and a friendly handshake Friday night at the Summit of the Americas, the Associated Press reports ��� the first such moment in decades.. ���The warming of relations between the U.S. and Cuba has helped President Obamas standing in Latin America, but the administrations recent sanctioning of several top Venezuelan officials has complicated Obamas��.
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. rapprochement with Cuba has brought breathless attention to, of all things, the Summit of the Americas, a largely ceremonial, traditionally moribund gathering of the leaders of the Organization of American States, the 35 countries of North and.
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You Might Also Like. WorldPost �� Green �� Black Voices �� Latino Voices �� Gay Voices.. And the last time an American president shook hands with a Cuban leader was in 2000, when former President Bill Clinton exchanged greetings with Fidel Castro at a United Nations gathering in New York. While some. Obama shakes hands with then-Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in LAquila, central Italy, on July 9, 2009. Less than two��.
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Some inter-American summits -- initiated by President Bill Clinton in 1994 -- have been dull gab-fests and bland photo-ops, others have featured dramatic divisions among the assembled leaders, while still others have produced constructive agreements on issuing. Last December 17 -- D17 as it is joyfully recalled in Cuba -- President Barack Obama and Castro announced their intentions to normalize diplomatic relations between their two long-warring nations.
What to Expect from the Summit of the Americas - Council.
The U.S.-Cuba rapprochement means that leaders at the upcoming Summit of the Americas can focus less on regional tensions and more on issues such as trade, immigration, and security, says CFRs Shannon K. ONeil.. This opening up of relations with Cuba is huge for the summit in that yes, Obama can go and shake Raul Castros hand and be seen in the same room with him. But its also important on a symbolic level: One of the biggest irritants to U.S.-Latin��.
For Latin America, US shift on Cuba heals old wounds | Fusion
Most dramatically, at the 2012 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Latin American leaders pressed Obama to shift course on Cuba and threw down this gauntlet: if Cuba is not invited to the next Summit, we will. So when Obama and Castro shake hands, as they surely will at the Panama Summit, they will be greeted by a standing ovation by all of the assembled leaders of the Western Hemisphere.. News �� Pop and Culture �� Justice �� Real Future �� Voices.