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September 29, 2015

Obama and Raúl Castro to Meet as Castro Calls for End to Embargo 
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President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro are slated to meet
today for their first formal meeting since the United States and Cuba
began to restore diplomatic relations this summer. This comes after
Castro addressed the U.N. General Assembly Monday, calling for an end to
the U.S. embargo and a return of Guantánamo Bay.

President Raúl Castro "After 56 years of heroic and selfless resistance
by the Cuban people, diplomatic relations were re-established between
Cuba and the United States of America. Now, a long and complex process
begins toward the normalization of relations, that will only be achieved
with the end of the economic, commercial and financial blockade; the
return to Cuba of the territory illegally occupied by the Guantánamo
Naval Base; the cessation of radio and TV broadcasts, and of subversion
and destabilization programs against the island; and when our people are
compensated for the human and economic damages they still endure."

 

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