EU's Mogherini plans Cuba visit as accord nears

Mar 04, 2016, 20:51

The US embassy in Havana was re-opened in August a year ago, in a ceremony attended by Kerry, and relations between the US and Cuba have increasingly focused on normalization. But attempts to arrange what Kerry referred to as a "human rights dialogue", which would have concerned these prisoners, failed, leading officials announcing Thursday that his trip had been canceled.

WASHINGTON--Secretary of State John Kerry won't go to Havana ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Cuba later this month, scrapping plans for a tentative visit when USA and Cuban officials couldn't agree on his schedule, a US official said.

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Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council, Blinken said Obama will stress the need for democracy and free political expression in Cuba during the March 21-22 visit. The State Department began preparations for that trip to...

The seventh round of talks are expected to hammer out final points on the agreement, including effort to reach a consensus on human rights, according to European diplomatic sources.

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"We want to open up more opportunities for USA businesses and travelers to engage with Cuba, and we want the Cuban government to open up more opportunities for its people to benefit from that engagement", the post from the White House said. However, political dissidents in Cuba are diverse. And, they argue, Cuba has not done enough to improve their dismal human rights record - including the imprisonment of human rights activists and political dissidents. "I hope that President Obama sees the folly of his visit, which legitimizes the oppressive Castro regime, and cancels his visit, which only gives the oppressors the green light to continue repressing those who seek their fundamental human rights".

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