SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

The first official meeting between Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama has been “productive”, according to Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who addressed reporters shortly after the landmark talks.»

The meeting between Raul Castro and Barack Obama was most outstanding news on the final day of the 7th Summit of the Americas, held in Panama.»

The White House announced on Friday that presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro will meet on Saturday in Panama.»

Amid the historic inclusion of Cuba to the Organization of American States and U.S. bellicosity toward Venezuela, the Summit of the Americas commenced in Panama Friday, 7 p.m. local time. Pope Francis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and outgoing Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza all gave inaugural speeches. Insulza said he was glad to live through such historic times, including the “negotiations »

Panama holds today two summit meetings in the presence of the most disadvantaged population from Latin America and the Caribbean, and the governments ruling the destinies of their citizens. The first one, known as the Summit of the Peoples and opened yesterday night, was convened by Panamanian union and grass-roots organizations under the slogan “Latin America – a homeland for »

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Panama city, Alejandro Gonzalez Galeano, general director of the Cuban press at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed today.»

Army General Raul Castro, president of the Councils of Ministers and State, arrived in Panama City, where he will attend the 7th Summit of the Ameritas, to take place April 10th and 11th, at Atlapa Convention Center. The Cuba president was accompanied by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, ministers of Foreign Relations and Foreign Trade and Investment, respectively; »

Representatives of social movements from Latin America meet Thursday in Panama to discuss issues ranging from US sanctions on Venezuela to Puerto Rican independence.»

Panamanian social organizations denounced today that Venezuelan and Cuban counterrevolutionaries aim to use the Panamanian nation as a platform to plot against those nations during the 7th Summit of the Americas.»

The Summit of the Americas in Panama will be an opportunity to prove the challenges of the new course in the relations between Cuba and the United States, an article from The New York Times states today.»