Jimmy Carter to visit Cuba on Monday

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Source: CNN

Jimmy Carter will visit Cuba this Monday along with Rosalynn by invitation of the Cuban gov't. Carter will meet with Raul Castro, and stay through Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/03/25/cuba.carter/

[sdfernando]

1. and queue

the Republican outrage in 3..2..1..

[Judi Lynn]

2. Reuters: Former President Jimmy Carter to visit Cuba

Former President Jimmy Carter to visit Cuba
By Jeff Franks

HAVANA | Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:28pm EDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn will visit Cuba next week to meet with President Raul Castro and discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations, a Carter spokeswoman said on Friday.

The visit, made at the invitation of the Cuban government, raised the possibility that Carter would get involved in the case of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing illegal Internet access to Cuban groups.

The case has strained U.S.-Cuba relations after a brief warming under President Barack Obama.

Carter, 86, was to arrive in Havana on Monday for a three-day trip "to learn about new economic policies and the upcoming (Communist) Party congress and to discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations," said a statement from Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo.

More:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/25/us-cuba-usa-carter-idUSTRE72O6M320110325

Welcome to D.U., center rising. :hi:

[unkachuck]

3. K&R....we really do need to end this silly cold-war embargo....n/t

[surrealAmerican]

4. Wait, I thought he was going to North Korea.

He's certainly in high demand these days.

[robcon]

5. I think we all should be allowed to visit Cuba.

n/t

[RedCloud]

6. And compare it with Cuba, Missouri!

[joshcryer]

7. Is he going to recommend the Varela Project again?

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8. Carter to meet Castro, religious leaders in Cuba

Source: Reuters

Former President Jimmy Carter will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, the leader of Cuba's Catholic Church and the island's Jewish community during a Havana visit starting on Monday amid speculation he will seek the release of a jailed American aid contractor.

His public schedule was issued on Saturday by the Cuban government, which invited him for his second visit to the country, the first coming in 2002.

He is the only U.S. president, in or out of power, to come to Cuba since a 1959 revolution that transformed the island into a communist state.

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The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, said on Friday that Carter, 86, would be in Cuba for three days on a "private, non-governmental mission" to "learn about new economic policies and the upcoming (Communist) Party congress and to discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/26/us-cuba-usa-carter-idUSTRE72P2EU20110326?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Politics+News%29

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9. k&r

i just love jimmy carter, can't believe he's 86 and still going strong!

[dipsydoodle]

10. Talking is always good.

Rec'd

Best bet to get that half wit released is to do a deal on the Cuban Five.

[Chipper Chat]

11. MIchele Bachmann is going to blow a gasket!

She already trashes Carter when she gets a microphone in front of her.
Let 'er rip, dingbat - keep showing the murcan people how shallow you are.

[Judi Lynn]

12. Cuban gov't confirms former U.S. President Carter's upcoming visit

Cuban gov't confirms former U.S. President Carter's upcoming visit
11:45, March 27, 2011

Cuba's government confirmed Saturday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will travel to the island Monday to meet with President Raul Castro, religious leaders and members of the Jewish community.

A press note released Saturday by the Cuban Foreign Ministry said Carter will arrive here Monday morning and meet with Castro Tuesday at the Palace of the Revolution.

On Monday, Carter is expected to visit the the board of the Jewish Community of Cuba and meet with other Cuban religious leaders.

On Tuesday the U.S politician is scheduled to visit the former Convent of Belen, where the local government develops a social aid program involving hundreds of volunteers before meeting with Raul Castro.

More:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7332182.html