Posted on 01/29/2015 12:35:03 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.
Castro told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States that Cuba and the U.S. are working toward full diplomatic relations but 'if these problems aren't resolved, this diplomatic rapprochement wouldn't make any sense.'
....The U.S. established the military base in 1903, and the current Cuban government has been demanding the land's return since the 1959 revolution that brought it to power. Cuba also wants the U.S. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for losses caused by the embargo.
'The re-establishment of diplomatic relations is the start of a process of normalizing bilateral relations, but this will not be possible while the blockade still exists, while they don't give back the territory illegally occupied by the Guantanamo naval base,' Castro said.
He demanded that the U.S. end the transmission of anti-Castro radio and television broadcasts and deliver 'just compensation to our people for the human and economic damage that they're suffered.'
The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Castro's remarks.
Castro's call for an end to the U.S. embargo drew support at the summit from the presidents of Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela.....
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And what about the Cuban Americans that had entire businesses, property and capital assets stolen from them by you communists theives ? Or perhaps maybe even the Americans who owned property of business assets stolen can make claims now. Progressives and communists are always theives. It is all they know.
Couldn’t have seen that coming ! Whole thing a ruse for that one item....
No surprises there. Good luck playing this one Obama. Gitmo is only repayment part one.
It’s not his to give away.
Has that EVER mattered??
Well that “negotiation” cratered...but surely the one with those Iranian Ayatollahs will work...
Barry had better not go to Cuba in person, they jail faggots there.
Not the ones that go there to personally service the Castros.
You win Castro...0bama will give you anything you want. Just ask.
Were Obama to do that, the result would be a lot of dead Mexicans and the best constitutional crisis in America in a century and a half. Law or no law!
Were Obama to cede Gitmo, we'd need to convene 67 senators to determine the outcome.
He's the first president to figure out the president can do whatever he wants as long as there are not 67 senators opposed.
Next thing you know Mexico will be demanding Texas back....
O’ Wait.....
Well, they can have Austin....
...but they love Communists, no matter how Gay.
Barry assumes he can do whatever he wants, afterall, he’s been on all the entertainment talk shows.
We all saw this coming.
looks like the Commies see weakness in obama and are using it to their advantage. What next, will DAESH start demanding concessions too??? Obama already gave up top Al queada terrorists!
Another blunder by our blunder in chief
What an idiot this country elected - not once - but twice!!! The voters are also ignorant idiots. What the he** do we get out of this rotten deal? Zilch, nada - NOTHING~ The base and money aren’t his to give, but gee, let me see - who is going to stop his stupid a**? Beehner, MeConnell? Yeah - right!
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