Posted on 03/21/2016 9:00:55 AM PDT by HomerBohn
HAVANA (AP) -- Brushing off decades of distrust, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shook hands Monday in Havana's Palace of the Revolution, opening a meeting aimed at advancing the diplomatic opening that both leaders have pursued.
Obama and Castro stood together as a Cuban military band played the national anthems of Cuba and the United States - stunning sounds in a country where resistance to the U.S. has been part of the government's national mission for decades. Obama and top U.S. officials warmly greeted their Cuban counterparts before the two presidents sat down for their meeting.
For Obama, there's no better place than Havana to show that engagement can do more than isolation to bring about change on the communist island. Yet for the Cubans, the glaring question is whether their own government is ready to prove the ambitious diplomatic opening is more than just talk.
Obama opened his first full day in Cuba by adjusting a wreath at the memorial to Jose Marti, where a 59-foot statue pays tribute to the Cuban independence hero and writer. He then entered the Palace of the Revolution and where he was met by Castro before the two inspected a military honor guard.
Obama also planned an event Monday with U.S. and Cuban entrepreneurs aimed at championing Cuba's fledgling private sector. He was to be feted in the evening at a state dinner, an honor illustrating just how far the U.S. and Cuba have come despite their deep ideological differences.
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The list of humiliating acts by Obama grows longer...
BTTT
By “screwed” you mean us the people. We will no doubt be sending $$$ to Barry’s new friends.
Few things will thrill the American people more that this: seeing their President in Cuba!
The only story I want to read about Obama in Cuba is his requesting political asylum...
..And the Cuban government refusing the request, they don’t want him either.
Reading this you’d hardly know that Castro was one of the premier murdering tyrants of the 20th century.
We’re getting set up for some private meeting with Fidel wherein Obama will by Executive Order will terminate our lease for Gitmo and promise to have all prisoners out by Nov 7 2016.
Heh heh heh...
Nothing that this bumbling, stumbling Marxis-Muslim does surprises me any longer. He may even, by executive order, deed Florida to Cuba.
This creature is an out-of-control lunatic. Does our Congress do anything about the evil promulgated by this fruitcake. It does not!
Well, the American people do endorse the “redistribution of wealth”, which they think means “more” to them, the poor, even when it doesn’t.
But with this clown who knows.
The Congress reflects the mindset of the American people who keep them there term after term.
Ugh, so true. Did Obama bow to him?
I'm sorry, I'm still laughing at this. Was the military parade just ONE honor guard, sheesh. I'll bet Obama stood in fear.
Congress is too worried about how to support Hillary for President so they can still enjoy THEIR paid for junkets to Cuba.
The media, like Lester Holt, are reporting on this as if Obama just conquered WWII Germany and Japan.
Did they kiss? You know Obama wanted to.
Drill two turds with one bolt.
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