Friday, 10 April 2015, HAVANA - History may be in the making even as United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro plan to meet in coming days at the Panama Summit of the Americas beginning today already U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez now are meeting in Panama behind closed doors in the highest level meetings between the U.S. and Cuba in nearly half a century. The U.S. State Department reportedly has recommended that the Cuba be removed from the U.S. list of states which sponsor terrorism. Readers interested in more information on this historic meeting can go to the first link below to the BBC World News article just reporting the meeting that may lead to the lifting of Cuba's "Terror" status which could lead to the two countries re-opening embassies.
Meanwhile even as the Cuban people are eager to cash in commercially as U.S.-Cuban relations slowly thaw with the lifting of the decades-long trade embargo with Cuba long after the collapse of the Soviet Union the Cuban people still face everyday struggles including for just one modern example with Internet use as they eagerly attempt to profit now mostly from the influx of American tourists which has begun. Although regularly scheduled commercial air service between the two countries has only been discussed direct air travel now is available from the U.S. to Cuba on charter flights from New York and New Orleans. Readers interested in more detailed information of thawing U.S.-Cuba commercial and other relations can go to the second link below to the New York Times article which also confirms reports of expectations that U.S.-Cuban diplomatic relations may be restored by the time of the start of today's Summit of the Americas in Panama.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32245580
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/world/americas/cubans-eager-for-more-clarity-on-doing-business-with-us.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
Copyright 2015 Martin P. All World Rights Expressly Reserved
Meanwhile even as the Cuban people are eager to cash in commercially as U.S.-Cuban relations slowly thaw with the lifting of the decades-long trade embargo with Cuba long after the collapse of the Soviet Union the Cuban people still face everyday struggles including for just one modern example with Internet use as they eagerly attempt to profit now mostly from the influx of American tourists which has begun. Although regularly scheduled commercial air service between the two countries has only been discussed direct air travel now is available from the U.S. to Cuba on charter flights from New York and New Orleans. Readers interested in more detailed information of thawing U.S.-Cuba commercial and other relations can go to the second link below to the New York Times article which also confirms reports of expectations that U.S.-Cuban diplomatic relations may be restored by the time of the start of today's Summit of the Americas in Panama.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32245580
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/world/americas/cubans-eager-for-more-clarity-on-doing-business-with-us.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0
Copyright 2015 Martin P. All World Rights Expressly Reserved
