Spain 'to act as US messenger boy on Cuba'
Source: The Local (Spain)
Spain 'to act as US messenger boy on Cuba'
Published: 24 Nov 2014 10:31 GMT+01:00
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo has travelled to Cuba to take stock of bilateral relations between Spain and Cuba.
During the visit, he is also expected to make use of the "very fluid connection" between Spain and the US to deliver messages from the Barack Obama administration on Cuba, according to Spanish daily El País.
While diplomatic sources quoted by the paper didn't specify what those messages were, Magallo is expected to discuss Cuban leader Raúl Castro's debut appearance at April's Summit of the Americas in Panama City — critical for the US as it is the only regular pan-American forum it attends.
At previous such events, various American nations had said they would not attend if Cuba was not invited.
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As they were shaking hands President Castro realized that President Obama didn't know who he was, so he said "Mr President, I am Castro". President Obama then shook his head and moved on.
