Cuban President Meets With U.S. Lawmakers

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http://wcbstv.com/politics/cuba.raul.castro.2.977961.html

President Raul Castro has met with seven visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus, his first face-to-face discussions with U.S. officials since he became Cuba's president last year.

State television said Monday that Castro met with the American lawmakers behind closed doors Monday.

The delegation is in Havana to discuss improving U.S.-Cuba relations amid much speculation that Washington is ready to loosen its 47-year-old trade sanctions against the communist-run island.

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The move is likely meant as a signal of a new attitude toward both the communist nation and other Latin American countries that have pressed the U.S. to alter its policy.

[Mika]

1. Fidel's swan song.

"There is no need to emphasize what Cuba has always said: We do not fear dialogue with the United States," he wrote. "Nor do we need confrontation to exist, as some foolish people think. We exist precisely because we believe in our ideas and we have never feared dialogue with the adversary."

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