Anticipation Rises for Obama, Castro to Talk

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro were set to make history Saturday with a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Panama. The face-to-face talks would mark the first meeting of U.S. and Cuban leaders since 1956, coming after the two presidents announced plans in December to normalize relations between their two nations. At the opening of the summit Friday evening, Obama and Castro shook hands, a gesture widely seen as symbolic of their...

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