Senator: Next round of US-Cuba talks next week

[flamingdem]

Source: AP

HAVANA (AP) — A new round of negotiations to restore full diplomatic ties with Cuba will take place next week in Washington and a delegation of U.S. senators said Tuesday they were hopeful the two sides would reach a deal soon.

Mark Warner of Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota made their first trip to Cuba over the weekend in support of a bill Klobuchar is sponsoring to lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba.

Teams of negotiators led by Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson and Cuba's top diplomat for U.S. affairs, Josefina Vidal, are working to resolve Cuban demands that include the easing of banking restrictions on its diplomats in the U.S. and limits on U.S. support for dissident groups that Cuba considers illegal.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2957107/Senator-Next-round-US-Cuba-talks-week.html

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Amy Klobuchar rocks Nancy Pelosi was down there too!

Viva Cuba

[forest444]

1. Pope Francis said it best:

They may be small steps of diplomacy, but they lead to peace.

[flamingdem]

3. Marco Rubio disagrees

but then again he has about zero interest in peace, just a piece of the pie!

[roody]

2. knr

[flamingdem]

4. poco a poco!

[Midnight Writer]

5. Cue the right wing

This just in: a super aggressive HIV strain detected in Cuba.

Is this for real? Or more conservative fear-mongering? Saw it reported on MSNBC, but no details of who discovered this super-bug or what the details are. Smells bad to me.

[flamingdem]

6. I didn't see any reliable news sources carrying this

Looks like a story that was framed for sensationalism even if there's a grain of truth there.

Not the first time!