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U.S. Must Return Guantanamo for Normal Relations With Cuba, Raúl Castro Says
Wall Street Journal ^ | January 28, 2015 | By Associated Press

Posted on 01/28/2015 8:15:22 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica—Cuban President Raúl Castro demanded Wednesday that the U.S. return the base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.

Mr. Castro told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that Cuba and the U.S. are working toward full diplomatic relations but “if these problems aren’t resolved, this diplomatic rapprochement wouldn’t make any sense.”

Mr. Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Dec. 17 that they would move toward renewing full diplomatic relations by reopening embassies in each other’s countries. The two governments held negotiations in Havana last week to discuss both the reopening of embassies and the broader agenda of re-establishing normal relations.

On Wednesday, Mr. Castro emphasized an even broader list of Cuban demands, saying that while diplomatic ties may be re-established, normal relations with the U.S. depend on a series of concessions that appear highly unlikely in the near future.

The U.S. established the military base in 1903, and the current Cuban government has been demanding the land’s return since the 1959 revolution that brought it to power. Cuba also wants the U.S. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for losses caused by the embargo. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Front Page News; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cuba; gitmo; nicaragua; russia; venezuela; waronterror
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1 posted on 01/28/2015 8:15:22 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

not only do the obamites not have a problem with this, it’s a common goal.


2 posted on 01/28/2015 8:16:53 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

obummer is probably appalled that he isn’t demanding even more.


3 posted on 01/28/2015 8:18:11 PM PST by jarwulf
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To: Brad from Tennessee; Nachum; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; ...

Active Duty/Retiree ping.


4 posted on 01/28/2015 8:18:14 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Reuters version of same story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/28/us-cuba-usa-idUSKBN0L12EP20150128


5 posted on 01/28/2015 8:18:19 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
What's mine is mine, what's yours is negotiable. Communism never gives an inch, and of course the feckless fool on the hill knows that.
6 posted on 01/28/2015 8:18:41 PM PST by Fungi
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To: jarwulf
Obama may have to kill one of his men to force them to take an extra 1-Trillion dollars.
It's the right thing to do.
7 posted on 01/28/2015 8:19:11 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Should we throw in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands while we’re at it?


8 posted on 01/28/2015 8:19:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Been the goal all alone, I suspact.


9 posted on 01/28/2015 8:19:46 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

And will Castro reimburse all of the Americans whose property was expropriated after the revolution?????? Or are all demands a one way street????


10 posted on 01/28/2015 8:20:11 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Obama says: “OK”


11 posted on 01/28/2015 8:21:09 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

This was obamas plan from the beginning. The White House staff was probably the ones who wrote the speech and demands that Castro just read.


12 posted on 01/28/2015 8:21:56 PM PST by barmag25 (Cruz 2016)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Raul is saying what Obama wants him to say LOL!

What Raul wants is a better deal than Petrocaribe has offered him.


13 posted on 01/28/2015 8:22:10 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Only an old commie pedophile like Raul Castro could think that “relations” could ever be “normal” between a commie sewer and the free United States of America. It won’t be happening in this lifetime Raul.


14 posted on 01/28/2015 8:22:36 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Castro is nuts ... but the problem is ... so is Obama!


15 posted on 01/28/2015 8:26:35 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Should we throw in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands while we’re at it?

And Hawaii! Yes, plus Guam.

16 posted on 01/28/2015 8:27:26 PM PST by Cry if I Wanna
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties....


17 posted on 01/28/2015 8:29:13 PM PST by clintonh8r (Death to islam.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Coming soon to a dictatorship near you.


18 posted on 01/28/2015 8:30:07 PM PST by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

And I want 50 million bucks and a night with Scarlett Johansson, f*** you Raul!


19 posted on 01/28/2015 8:31:34 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Cry if I Wanna

But, Guam will tip over...


20 posted on 01/28/2015 8:32:19 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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