Obama, Castro chat about opening embassies in step to normal ties

[buddhallah_the_christ]

PANAMA CITY — President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro will hold a bilateral meeting Saturday on the margins of the Summit of the Americas here, the first such encounter between leaders of the two nations in more than 50 years, White House officials said.

Planning for an Obama-Castro meeting has been a slow diplomatic choreography since December, when the two leaders announced that Cuba and the United States would restore diplomatic relations, including three rounds of lower-level negotiations over the mechanics of normalization.

The leaders’ meeting will occur on the margins of Saturday’s formal summit gatherings, when “we anticipate they will have a discussion,” deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes said. Even before then, the two may have a symbolic handshake at the opening summit session and dinner Friday evening.

Confirmation of a Saturday meeting came as the Cuban delegation to a gathering of civil society leaders said it would not attend meetings being held here as part of the summit because of the presence of “terrorist individuals” and “mercenaries” it said were in the pay of unnamed foreign powers.

The apparent reference was to members of the Cuban diaspora in the United States who have long been accused of anti-Castro acts, some of whom have been outspoken in opposition to U.S.-Cuba rapprochement.

Obama Castro chat about opening embassies in step to normal ties - LA Times

I guess we are on the apology and capitulation tour again. We need to recognize that Cuba and Venezuela are model democracies with great social programs and also appreciate the vital role played by NGO community organizers like the FARC and ISIS which some non-Progressives wrongfully label as terrorists.

We are well on the way to a much more Progressive and enlightened foreign policy where we realize the value of the socialist leaders around the world and humbly seek out their approval.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

PANAMA CITY — President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro will hold a bilateral meeting Saturday on the margins of the Summit of the Americas here, the first such encounter between leaders of the two nations in more than 50 years, White House officials said.

Planning for an Obama-Castro meeting has been a slow diplomatic choreography since December, when the two leaders announced that Cuba and the United States would restore diplomatic relations, including three rounds of lower-level negotiations over the mechanics of normalization.

The leaders’ meeting will occur on the margins of Saturday’s formal summit gatherings, when “we anticipate they will have a discussion,” deputy national security adviser Benjamin Rhodes said. Even before then, the two may have a symbolic handshake at the opening summit session and dinner Friday evening.

Confirmation of a Saturday meeting came as the Cuban delegation to a gathering of civil society leaders said it would not attend meetings being held here as part of the summit because of the presence of “terrorist individuals” and “mercenaries” it said were in the pay of unnamed foreign powers.

The apparent reference was to members of the Cuban diaspora in the United States who have long been accused of anti-Castro acts, some of whom have been outspoken in opposition to U.S.-Cuba rapprochement.

Obama Castro chat about opening embassies in step to normal ties - LA Times

I guess we are on the apology and capitulation tour again. We need to recognize that Cuba and Venezuela are model democracies with great social programs and also appreciate the vital role played by NGO community organizers like the FARC and ISIS which some non-Progressives wrongfully label as terrorists.

We are well on the way to a much more Progressive and enlightened foreign policy where we realize the value of the socialist leaders around the world and humbly seek out their approval.

The fundamental transformation....

 

[Stephanie]

YEP, bring all the commie countries on board. that's the Democrats selling us out right in front of our eyes