30 March 2011

CUBA: 31 Mar UPDATE: Jimmy Carter Meets With Dissidents, Raul Castro; Calls Contractor Gross Innocent.

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   Former president Jimmy Carter, 86, met with 20-30 dissidents including those recently released from prison...as well as bloggers like Yoani Sanchez...on the third day of his visit to Cuba.
  Carter also met with imprisoned contractor Alan Gross.
  And, of course, Carter met with President Raul Castro and even former president Fidel Castro.
  At a news conference, Carter again repeated his opposition to the embargo, his desire to see all travel restrictions lifted and that the US release the 5 Cuban spies held in custody.
   This is Carter's second trip to Cuba. He is the only serving or former president to visit Cuba...since the 1959 revolution.