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Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama embarks on a historic trip to Cuba. Also, a new plan to begin sending migrants arriving in Greece back to Turkey. Later, the man behind the lyrics of "Fiddler on the Roof." Alison Stewart anchors from New York.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking US President Barack Obama to task for not turning the plane around when Cuban President Raul Castro did not meet at the airport in Havana on Sunday. (March 20)
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Ukraine pilot verdict set to create fresh division with Russia
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The death toll from purported Russian airstrikes on the Islamic State-held city of Raqqa has climbed in the past 24 hours to at least 55, mostly civilians, Syrian opposition activists have said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which documents the conflict through activists on the ground, said 55 people have been killed, including 13 children and a pregnant woman, in what it said were Russian airstrikes that hit residential areas.
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Syria death toll from Russian airstrikes rises, say activists
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Ukraine Today |
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Obama's Speech to Cuban People Will Cap Historic Visitby webdesk@voanews.com (Mary Alice Salinas, Katherine Gypson)
As President Barack Obama flies to Cuba Sunday, he is embarking on a historic trip, with the two nations moving to normalize their relations 55 years after they broke off ties. Obama, the first sitting U.S. president to travel to Cuba in almost 90 years, will cap his visit with a direct address to the Cuban people outlining his vision for the future U.S.-Cuba relationship. The White House said Obama's three-day visit, and his televised speech in Havana on Tuesday, represents a new beginning in the relationship between the former Cold War enemies, expanding on the formal restoration of their diplomatic ties eight months ago. “Diplomacy, including having the courage to turn a page on the failed policies of the past, is how we’ve begun a new chapter of engagement with the people of Cuba,” Obama said during an appearance at the U.S. State Department several days before his departure. Signature foreign policy Obama has positioned the re-establishment of relations with Cuba as one of the signature foreign policy achievements of his administration, arguing the decades-old U.S. policy of isolating Cuba had failed. "The old approach – trying to isolate Cuba, for more than 50 years – clearly didn’t work," Susan Rice, the president's national security advisor, said Thursday. "We believe that engagement, including greater trade, travel and ties between Americans and Cubans, is the best way to help create opportunity and spur progress for the Cuban people." Obama and the first family are to visit cultural sites in Old Havana in the first hours after they arrive in Cuba late Sunday afternoon. On Monday, he holds talks with Cuban President Raul Castro, then meets with Cuban entrepreneurs to discuss business ties between the U.S. and Cuba. A state dinner at the Revolutionary Palace is scheduled for Monday evening. Obama's speech to the Cuban people, the highlight of his trip, will be an opportunity to look back on the two countries' complicated history, Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor, told reporters in an advance briefing. Speech to lay out vision The president's address on Tuesday morning will "lay out his vision for how the United States and Cubans can work together, to how the Cuban people can pursue a better life,” Rhodes said. Obama also plans to meet with members of Cuban civil society, including human rights activists, despite objections from the government in Havana. The White House said the list of people invited to meet with the president during his visit was “non-negotiable.” The Cuban government recently released some political prisoners and has taken small steps to open up Internet access. But a 2015 Human Rights Watch report found the Cuban government “continues to rely on arbitrary detention to harass and intimidate individuals who exercise their fundamental rights.” The report found detentions have increased since the diplomatic thaw began, with arrests increasing from 2,900 to 7,188 in the first full year after the administration announced the resumption of relations. The thaw in relations could be an opportunity for the Cuban government to look at its internal laws on censorship, Internet freedom and freedom of assembly. Continuing concerns about Cuba's human rights abuses have prompted some Republicans on Capitol Hill to strongly criticize the Obama trip.Speaking of Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother, Cuba's revolutionary hero Fidel Castro, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday, “This is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Ryan said he doubts whether Obama will adequately bring up the need for reforms in Cuba. He also reminded reporters that despite Obama's attempts to announce new commercial deals, the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba is “still intact and enforceable," almost 60 years after it went into effect. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce echoed those concerns in a statement declaring any easing of economic sanctions “will further prop up a communist regime in Cuba that has a long record of brutal human rights abuses.” Only a majority vote by Congress can lift the U.S. embargo on trade with Cuba, and such a move is highly unlikely while Republicans hold majority control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, there have been signs that some lawmakers may be receptive to the president’s policies. Five Republican lawmakers are traveling to Cuba with Obama, and at least 15 Senate Republicans have publicly backed a loosening of restrictions on Cuban travel and trade. Senator Jeff Flake, a member of the presidential party in Cuba, told VOA: “It’s always bothered me that, as Republicans, we talk about engagement and travel and commerce as something that will nudge countries toward democracy. But with Cuba we tend to say, ‘No, no, it won’t work there.' But it will work. It is working.” Push to make changes Analysts say the presidential visit may help push the Cuban government to make changes. “The Cuban people need to be in the driver’s seat for this thing to work, and the Cuban people are participating more freely in their economy,” said Marc Hanson of the Washington Office of Latin America, a human rights advocacy group. “They need to be able to participate in their politics as well.” The success of the president’s visit depends largely on making the opening with Cuba irreversible, said William LeoGrande, an expert on Latin America and former dean of American University's School of Public Affairs. LeoGrande, the co-author of Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana, said Obama has to show that his engagement with Cuba "brings results, so that the next president, whomever he or she may be, will look at what Obama has done with Cuba and say, ‘This works. It’s in the national interest. It works better than the old policy and so there’s no reason to go backward.' " Long process While the president’s visit will mark a key turning point in the U.S.-Cuba relationship, it will be just the start of a long process of recovery for the nation after decades of isolation, Hanson said. "Reforms with Cuba will help create a relationship with Cuba where the Cuban people get to play a larger role in their own destiny and the Cuban government is willing to open up more space for people to do things,” he added. The White House has just announced it is easing restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba. The regulatory changes allow for “people-to-people” visits to Cuba, eliminate a ban on Cuban financial transactions going through U.S. banks and allow Cuban citizens to earn salaries in the United States. First lady Michele Obama will meet with female Cuban students during her time in Havana and the entire first family will attend a baseball game before they leave late Tuesday for a three-day visit to Argentina. VOA’s Senate Correspondent Michael Bowman contributed to this report. WATCH: Related video by Alberto Pimienta.
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Turkey blamed an Islamic State militant Sunday for the suicide bombing in Istanbul the day before that killed four people and wounded dozens more. Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the attack was carried out by a Turkish citizen, Mehmet Ozturk, who was born in 1992 in Gaziantep province, which borders Syria. Ala said the suspected bomber, who also was killed in the attack, was not on Turkey's terrorist watch list. The Turkish official said five people allegedly linked to the attack have been detained. Those killed Three Israelis, two of them with dual U.S. citizenship, and an Iranian were killed in the blast on Istiklal Street, lined with shops and cafes in an area that also houses government offices and foreign consulates. Saturday's explosion was the sixth suicide bombing in Turkey since July, blasts that now have killed more than 200 people, with some of the attacks blamed on Islamic State jihadists and others on Kurdish militants engaged in a three-decade fight for more autonomy in southeastern Turkey. Ala said Turkey is determined to pursue its fight against Islamic State jihadists, but admitted it was difficult to prevent suicide bombings. Flowers, candles On Sunday, people commemorated those killed in the Istanbul attack, placing carnations and candles at the site of the blast, with one sign that said, "We are on the streets, we are not afraid of you." It was not immediately clear whether the Israelis were targeted in the attack, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said its intelligence officials were looking into the possibility. White House spokesman Ned Price said the United States condemns the attack in the strongest possible terms and affirmed U.S. commitment to work with Turkey to "confront the evil of terrorism."
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Revealed: Russia's Lethal New Kalina-class Submarine
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Financial Times |
Russia is following a clear strategy in Syria
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VOA on the Scene: Cuban Activist Yuri-Roca Arrestedby webdesk@voanews.com (Victoria Macchi)
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Cuba's Human Rights Record in Spotlight Ahead of Obama Tripby webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman)
Supporters and critics of U.S. President Barack Obama’s history-making trip to Cuba later this month agree on one thing: there has been little, if any, progress on basic liberties and human rights on the island since Washington and Havana restored full diplomatic ties. While tourists flock to Cuba as never before, Cubans continue to flee the island to reach the United States, often taking a circuitous route from western Cuba to Central America and traveling north through Mexico to reach the U.S. border. “The American dream – it’s the best, the best in the world,” said a Cuban who only identified himself as Luan while waiting at the border checkpoint at Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. “We’ve escaped the Castros.” Engagement “I’m going to Cuba,” Obama announced last month. “I believe that the best way to advance American interests and values, and the best way to help the Cuban people improve their lives, is through engagement.” International human rights organizations have yet to release annual reports covering the months since August, when the United States opened an embassy in Havana and Cuba opened one in Washington. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation reported more than 1,400 political arrests on the island this past January, continuing a surge of such detentions over the last year. U.S. lawmakers have taken note. “Last year there were documented 8,616 political arrests in Cuba, a huge increase,” said Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, a Cuban-American. “By any objective measure, the Castro regime has not improved its human rights record. If anything, it has gotten worse.” Slow progress Even those who support the rapprochement between Washington and Havana concede that Cuba’s progress on human rights has been slow. “I think it’s very hard to point to real change,” said Michael Shifter, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. “This is going to take a long time. "This is a government and a system that has been entrenched since 1959. There is a lot of resistance to change, and I think it’s too early to tell which direction Cuba will go in," Shifter said. Top administration officials have said they never expected a swift transformation in Cuba, but hope to advance change on the island. For his part, Obama promised to be vocal. “I’ll speak candidly about our serious differences with the Cuban government, including on democracy and human rights. I’ll reaffirm that the United States will continue to stand up for universal values like freedom of speech and assembly and religion,” he said. Discussion points Cuban officials say no topic is off the table. “Cuba is open to discuss any issue with the U.S. government, including human rights,” said Cuban Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal. Such assertions do not satisfy Obama’s critics. “There are no elections in Cuba,” said Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American and former Republican presidential candidate. “There are no choices in Cuba, and so my whole problem is I want the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba to change, but it has to be reciprocal." Others are more hopeful about the trip. “It represents a way of trying to get the Castro government perhaps to open up a little bit more – a different approach than the one that was tried for over half a century that failed,” said Shifter. As far as impact and historical importance, Shifter compares Obama’s trip to Cuba with the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty. He said Obama will be closely watched and applauded far beyond Cuba.
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ТАСС |
Глава администрации: Порошенко активно ищет покупателей для фабрики Roshen в Липецке
ТАСС КИЕВ, 20 марта. /ТАСС/. Президент Украины Петр Порошенко через посредников активно ищет покупателей для фабрики корпорации Roshen в Липецке. Смотрите также. Липецкая кондитерская фабрика Roshen. Досье. Об этом сообщил глава его администрации Борис Ложкин. Порошенко решил продать липецкую фабрику RoshenВести.Ru Ложкин: Порошенко пытается продать фабрику Roshen в ЛипецкеИА REGNUM Петр Порошенко ищет покупателей для своей липецкой фабрики «Рошен»Коммерсантъ Санкт-Петербург Агентство экономической информации ПРАЙМ - Аргументы и факты-Федеральное агентство новостей No.1- Красноярские новости - krasnews.com Все похожие статьи: 86 » |
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle, and the first family, Malia and Sasha Obama and Marian Robinson are aboard Air Force One heading to Cuba. Members of Congress traveling to Cuba as part of the presidential delegation: Senator Dick Durbin Senator Jeff Flake Senator Dean Heller Senator Heidi Heitkamp Senator Patrick Leahy Senator Amy Klobuchar Senator Tom Udall Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Representative Karen Bass Representative Xavier Becerra Representative Don Beyer Representative Cheri Bustos Representative Kathy Castor Representative David Cicilline Representative Steve Cohen Representative Suzan DelBene Representative Rosa DeLauro Representative Tom Emmer Representative Eliot Engel Representative Sam Farr Representative Al Green Representative Sheila Jackson Lee Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson Representative Robin Kelly Representative Barbara Lee Representative Alan Lowenthal Representative Jim McGovern Representative Gregory Meeks Representative Seth Moulton Representative Rick Nolan Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Representative Ed Perlmutter Representative David Price Representative Charlie Rangel Representative Reid Ribble Representative Bobby Rush Representative Mark Sanford Representative Jan Schakowsky Representative Peter Welch The following are a few of the CEOs, business leaders and entrepreneurs traveling independently to Cuba who will attend the entrepreneurship event in Havana. Jose Andres, chef/entrepreneur, Think Food Group Saul Berenthal, Partner, CleBer Ursula Burns, CEO, Xerox Brian Chesky, president and founder, Air BnB/PAGE Julie Hanna, CEO, Kiva Daymond John, CEO, Fubu Soledad O'Brien, Starfish Media Daniel Schulman, CEO, PayPal Ken Siegel, general counsel, Starwood Arne Sorenson, president and CEO, Marriott Sheel Tyle, New Enterprise Associates
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Dozens Arrested in Cuba Ahead of Obama's Arrivalby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Cuban authorities detained dozens of people protesting the communist government in Havana, hours before President Barack Obama's arrival for a historic visit to the island nation. Those taken into custody Sunday were from the dissident group Ladies in White, made up of wives and children of Cuban political prisoners. Obama, in a letter to the group ahead of his trip, had promised to raise human rights issues with the Cuban government during his visit. He said he understood the struggles of the Ladies in White, but defended his policy of seeking to normalize relations with Cuba. 'Understand the obstacles' "I fully understand the obstacles that ordinary Cubans face in exercising their rights," Obama wrote. "The U.S. believes that no one in Cuba or anywhere else should face harassment, arrest, or physical assault just because they are exercising a universal right to have their voices heard." The group said the Castro regime continues to suppress anti-government dissent and maintains a monopoly on the media. The Ladies in White also said authorities have cracked down more since the two countries announced plans to normalize relations in December 2014. Ladies in White leader Berta Soler, who read Obama's letter to about two dozen members and other supporters in Havana earlier this month, told the Latin Post, Obama's letter was positive feedback and the group greatly appreciated it. WATCH: Arrest earlier Sunday of Cuban dissident
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President Barack Obama has left Washington on the start of a historic trip to Cuba – the first by a U.S. president in 88 years and a major step toward improving relations strained since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.
'We are quite frankly alarmed at the speed at which this deal has been put into effect'
Syria's opposition grows impatient as Geneva talks show little progress by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Assad regime refuses to engage in detailed talks as it continues to starve Syrians into submission, opposition negotiator says
The Syrian opposition will assess at the end of this week whether to continue indirect peace talks with a Syrian government that it says is so far refusing to engage in detailed negotiations and instead continuing to starve Syrians into submission, its chief negotiator has said.
Mohammed Alloush, the leader of the Syrian opposition delegation at the peace talks, suggested in a joint interview with the Guardian, Le Monde and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that little progress has been made in the first week of negotiations and many pitfalls lie ahead.
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Мифы и репутации - 20 марта, 2016 by Иван Толстой
Его арестовывали четыре раза. Между арестами он успевал писать свои книги. Его ломали и запугивали, но он все равно гнул свою правду. Тогда после очередной книги его забили насмерть ногами. Юрий Домбровский в программе «Алфавит инакомыслия».
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US Companies Head For Cuba -- Slowlyby webdesk@voanews.com (Jim Randle)
Two small U.S. companies are working to set up businesses in Cuba, as relations between Washington and Havana thaw. But after months of effort, the firms that want to build tractors and distribute food must still jump bureaucratic hurdles to set up the first new U.S. business operations Cuba in decades. Horace Clemmons and Saul Berenthal hope to assemble a small, inexpensive tractor in a factory in Cuba. The veteran U.S. software engineers designed the vehicle to be cheap, simple, and just right for 40-hectare farms in Cuba. They hope to have their Cleber Tractor plant running early next year, turning out 1,000 tractors annually. Cuban-born Berenthal said commerce that benefits people in both nations will be a "healing mechanism" that improves relations. Have 'the green light' “We are ready to go, and we have gotten the green light, but the devil is in the details. We still have to go through a lot of paperwork and a lot of bureaucracy and a lot of agreement from multiple sources as to the details," he said. While the partners have approval from Washington and Havana to proceed, they still have to cope with sometimes frustrating bureaucracies in both nations. Clemmons, who grew up around farming and loves machines, said the tractor they've developed can get spare parts from many sources. He also said the arrangement keeps costs down for farmers, boosting the chance the company will succeed and eventually export tractors from Cuba. “It’s inevitable we’ll make a profit, and I believe it’s inevitable that we’ll be mass producing tractors in Cuba in the near future," Clemmons said. He said the plan is for the factory to assemble kits that are made in the United States, along with some "off the shelf" parts from various sources. Not yet conducive to business Two other U.S. entrepreneurs are headed for Cuba seeking permission to set up a wholesale distribution market similar to a wholesale produce distribution market they ran, and then sold, in Tampa, Florida. Manuel Fernandez and Michael Mauricio already have Washington’s permission to open a business in Cuba and are seeking approval from Havana. They hope to eventually expand their Cuban operation to include other products besides food. Many U.S. companies are considering investing, as some restrictions of the decades-long U.S. economic embargo against the communist nation are eased, professor Jose Azel said. Lacking infrastructure Azel, a University of Miami researcher, said many become discouraged when they learn that electricity, roads and other infrastructure can be unreliable in Cuba, and low salaries mean consumers can’t buy much. In a Skype interview, Azel said Cuban law does not allow foreigners to own a majority of a business, and it can be hard to enforce contracts. "You are looking to invest in a country where the government can act capriciously and arbitrarily at any time it wishes, so it is not conductive to foreign direct investment, to putting money on the ground," he said. Azel said Cuba needs nearly everything, but beyond tourism, cigars and rum, the island nation has little to sell to raise money for development. In an effort to boost growth and trade, Cuba has started a Special Economic Development Zone in Mariel, a port city on the Island's northern coast, about 50 kilometers from Havana. An official website shows pictures of a modern container terminal, wide roads, and construction projects for warehouses and other facilities.
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Иногда нелегалы-шпионы умирают при исполнении служебных обязанностей за границей. Как их хоронят? Рассказывает разведчик Олег Гордиевский
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After Spate of Sexual Assaults, Swedish City Patrols Itselfby webdesk@voanews.com (Heather Murdock)
In Swedish, they are called the “nattvandrare” or the “night walkers.” Wearing orange vests and black skull caps, men and women march through the streets in groups of five or eight on Saturday night, eyes pealed for potential sexual assaults. In the past month, there have been at least eight. The perpetrators are unknown, but reports that some assailants had “foreign accents” have prompted fears and media reports that say refugees or other migrants could be responsible. On Saturday, cities across the world shut off lights for Earth Hour, a global environmental awareness campaign, but here in this remote city of about 45,000, steadily falling snow glistened in lit street lamps throughout the night. And while night walkers patrolled, small groups of party goers laughed as they slid between bars, restaurants and clubs until well after midnight. Yet for some local women, civilian security patrols and bright lights are enough to make them feel safe. “It feels horrible not to have control over the situation,” says Therese Johansson, a 19-year-old aspiring interior designer, out shopping Saturday afternoon. “It just came out of nowhere.” For some Swedish people, the idea that desperate people who risked their lives to come to Sweden would turn on the population is hard to swallow. But some locals say if authorities do know who is responsible, they have not released the information. “Many people say it's people that have come here from other countries,” says Emma Eurenius, a 19-year-old math student shopping for makeup on the city’s main street. “But I don’t want to believe that.” However, other Ostersund residents say they do believe the violence is a result of the European refugee crisis, where more than 1 million people arrived in Europe last year alone. “Many people come from many countries and we don’t know what they have in their luggage,” says Christer Jonsson, a member of the Sweden Democrats, a staunchly anti-immigration party that has been gaining support over the past year. “I think it’s a big problem in the future. Patrols With a Message As the night walkers patrol Ostersund, some groups have messages that reflect Sweden’s complex political shifts as the refugee crisis continues to grow. On Friday night, a group wearing Red Cross jackets included refugees among the walkers, delivering the message that newcomers are equally concerned about safety. Additionally, they wanted to simply take the opportunity to be friendly. “The refugees wanted to show that they are kindly and good,” says Irene Fregelin, a Red Cross volunteer who was on patrol. Before the attacks, she adds, anti-refugee sentiment was rarely expressed in Ostersund. “Some people liked us and said ‘Hey, you are good people,’” explains 28-year old Ghais, who was a dentist before he fled Syria to avoid being forced to fight in the brutal civil war. “Some didn’t answer.” The “Nordic Resistance,” a group that calls Hitler’s Mein Kampf a "best seller," also posted pictures of supporters in black coats patrolling the town in recent weeks. The group says despite the fact that the police say they don’t know who was behind the attacks, a report by British newspaper Daily Mail claims it was immigrants. “The Swedish police have not communicated this because it would prompt an outcry in Swedish politically correct media, which is more concerned about mass immigration than Swedish women's security,” reads an article on its website about the patrols. Sweden’s Role If the United States took in the same percent of its population of refugees in 2015, it would have accepted more than 5 million people. Sweden accepted nearly 163,000 asylum applications in 2015, most in the last few months of the year. The country now spends six times what it did five years ago on caring for people fleeing wars and poverty mostly in the Middle East and Africa. As is common in mass migration situations, right-wing anti-immigrant parties have grown increasingly popular in Sweden over the past year. The Swedish government recently announced it will extend increased internal border controls until April 8, saying, "Europe has not managed to maintain its external borders. Until we see a joint European solution, Sweden will be forced to use short-term national measures.” Late last week, the European Union reached an agreement with Turkey that it hopes will lessen the pressure by arranging to send refugees back to Turkey from Greece if they don’t apply for asylum or are rejected. In exchange, Turkey is expected to receive billions of dollars and political concessions. The plan is fraught with challenges, like overcoming local corruption in Turkey, creating a new massive bureaucracy and persuading people who risked their lives and spent all of their money to get to Greece to simply go back. Here in Ostersund, some locals say something needs to be done before fear-mongering politics grow stronger. “Most people do not accept what they do,” says Fregelin, the Red Cross volunteer. “But they get bigger and bigger, and that makes us scared.”
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Who Greeted the Obamas at Havana Airport?by webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
U.S. President Barack Obama, arriving for his historic trip to Cuba, stepped off Air Force One under cloudy skies and light rain at the airport in Havana just after 4:30 Sunday afternoon. On the tarmac, the president, his wife and two daughters were greeted by a Cuban delegation that also presented first lady Michelle Obama with a bouquet of flowers. The were greeted by the following people: Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs, Cuba Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, general director of the United States Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Gustavo Machin Gomez, deputy director for American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba José R. Cabañas Rodríguez, Ambassador of Cuba to the United States Inés Fors Fernández, Wife of Ambassador José R. Cabañas Rodríguez Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, charge d'affaires to Cuba at the U.S. Embassy, Havana, Cuba Jennifer Lee DeLaurentis, wife of Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Rights groups say the accord compromises European values regarding refugees, and others question Turkey’s ability to hold up its side of the deal.
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After a European Union deal with Turkey took effect, migrants by the hundreds continued to reach the Greek islands, where processing centers were not yet adequately staffed.
Tour Old Havana in a '56 Chevyby webdesk@voanews.com (Ramon Taylor, Victoria Macchi)
Take a fast-paced tour of historic sections of Cuba's capital city with VOA reporters Ramón Taylor and Victoria Macchi.
An Army general who reached the pinnacle of military intelligence says his service's war-deployed data analytical network is a flop and needs to be stopped, rebuilt and renamed.
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, who headed the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency until 2014 and held a number of terrorist-hunting jobs, ...
Obama arrives in Cuba for what he calls a "historic visit"by By JULIE PACE and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
HAVANA (AP) -- Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary. "It is wonderful to be here," he said....
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