US and Cuba moving towards a ‘new begininning’

By Clare Swinney ⋅ April 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment
Tags: Cuba, US     Posted in: Geopolitics

NZHerald
11:03AM Saturday Apr 18, 2009

Cuban president Raul Castro. Photo / AP

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba are building momentum toward renewed ties, with President Barack Obama declaring he “seeks a new beginning” – including direct talks – with the island’s communist regime.
As leaders of the Americas [...]