Fidel Castro's death underscores end of era of hostility with United States

Record ID: 77345

  • Title: Fidel Castro's death underscores end of era of hostility with United States
  • Date: 26th November 2016
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (RECENT - JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, JULIA SWEIG, SAYING: "Being able to take the United States off the table as a domestic political actor (in Cuba), remove what had been for so long the perception of the United States as a national security threat to Cuba will help that reform dynamic (under Raul Castro) consolidate, solidify and advance on the island." PENAS BLANCAS, COSTA RICA (RECENT - 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SHELTER WHERE CUBAN MIGRANTS STRANDED AT BORDER ARE STAYING CUBAN MIGRANTS WASHING FACES, BRUSHING TEETH CUBAN MIGRANTS LYING ON MATTRESSES ON FLOOR INSIDE OF SHELTER CUBAN MIGRANTS LISTENING TO MUSIC HAVANA, CUBA (RECENT- MAY 28, 2015) (REUTERS) PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET HAVANA, CUBA (FILE - MARCH 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARRIVAL OF U.S. AIR FORCE ONE CARRYING U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO JOSE MARTI AIRPORT IN CUBA VARIOUS OF OBAMA AND WIFE, MICHELLE OBAMA, GETTING OFF PLANE AND WALKING ON TO TARMAC
  • Embargoed: 11th December 2016 09:52
  • Keywords: Castro Cuban revolution Barack Obama embassies John Kerry normalisation Cold War Raul Castro
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  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0135A3YF5Z
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