Obama-Castro talks expected as Americas summit resumes

 

Substantive talks between the US and Cuba are exepcted when the Summit of the Americas resumes in Panama City later on Saturday.

The meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro will be the first top-level negotiations between the two countries for more than half a century.
Mr Obama has signalled he is prepared to take Cuba off Washington's list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The two leaders met briefly at the summit's opening ceremony.
They shook hands in their first encounter since a thaw in relations began in December.
But Saturday's historic talks could be overshadowed by tensions between Venezuela and the US.
Ahead of the summit, Mr Obama told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely interfere in regional affairs are past.
Source: BBC