Obama meets Castro as Cuba pushes to end curbs

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Nation

Obama meets Castro as Cuba pushes to end curbs
September 30, 2015



UNITED NATIONS - In his first-ever address to the UN General Assembly, Cuban President Raul Castro, noting the warming of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, has said that full normalisation of ties will only be achieved with an end to the long-standing US embargo against the Island nation and the cessation of Washington’s “subversion and destabilization programmes,” Castro also called for compensation for “human and economic damages” resulting from the crippling embargo and the return of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, which Cuba considers to be illegally occupied by the United States.

Meanwhile, Obama met his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Tuesday at the UN.
The leaders of the former Cold War rivals shook hands at the start of what was their second meeting, after an historic encounter in April at a summit.

Pledging solidarity with Cuba’s “Caribbean brothers” as well as its other regional neighbours and peoples in conflict in the Middle East, Castro denounced colonialism, imperialist aggression, and foreign interference “in the internal affairs of the States."

He asserted Cuba’s belief that “full respect for the inalienable right of every State to choose their political, economic, social and cultural system is an essential premise to ensure peaceful coexistence between nations.

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[msongs]

1. so when is the castro crowd going to pay compensation for its reign of death and terror? never nt

[Judi Lynn]

2. Please share some links to your sources for the "reign of death and terror." n/t

[davidpdx]

3. I think we give them back Gitmo and call it even