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Jan 6th 2009
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
Cuba's Raúl Castro has made overtures to Barack Obama
In the wake of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, President Raúl Castro has made overtures to the US president-elect, Barack Obama. Seizing on Mr Obama’s statements on the campaign trail that he would be willing to meet with Cuban officials and consider loosening sanctions, Mr Castro has repeated a recent offer to meet on “neutral ground”. However, though Mr Obama is likely to ease some of the restrictions on US-Cuba economic and family ties, a more substantial revamping of the US’s trade and investment embargo on the island is not likely in the short term.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaysto...ory_id=12882233
Jan 6th 2009
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
Cuba's Raúl Castro has made overtures to Barack Obama
In the wake of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, President Raúl Castro has made overtures to the US president-elect, Barack Obama. Seizing on Mr Obama’s statements on the campaign trail that he would be willing to meet with Cuban officials and consider loosening sanctions, Mr Castro has repeated a recent offer to meet on “neutral ground”. However, though Mr Obama is likely to ease some of the restrictions on US-Cuba economic and family ties, a more substantial revamping of the US’s trade and investment embargo on the island is not likely in the short term.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaysto...ory_id=12882233