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September 30, 2015

Raúl Castro and Obama Meet; Castro Calls for End to U.S. Embargo 
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President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro met Tuesday, marking
the first time a U.S. president has met with a Cuban president on U.S.
soil in more than 60 years. The meeting came one day after Castro called
for an end to the U.S. embargo and a return of Guantánamo Bay in an
address to the U.N. General Assembly. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno
Rodríguez said Castro reiterated the calls in Tuesday's meeting.

Bruno Rodríguez: "The Cuban president reiterated that for Cuba and the
United States to be able to have normal relations, the blockade or
embargo, that has caused damages and hardships to the Cuban people and
affects the interests of American citizens, should be lifted, and the
territory occupied by the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo should be
returned to Cuba."

 

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