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Pope Francis and Cuba's Fidel Castro shake hands, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The Vatican described the 40-minute meeting at Castro's residence as informal and familial, with an exchange of books. (AP Photo/Alex Castro)

Pope Francis meets with Fidel Castro, misses out on dissident greeting

By Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, in this April 11, 2015, file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama announces opening of U.S. embassy in Cuba

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Cuban President Raul Castro (center) listens as President Obama delivers his speech to world leaders at the VII Summit of the Americas' opening plenary April 11 in Panama City, Panama. (Associated Press)

Cuba trade embargo fate hinges on Havana human rights progress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Pope Francis meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cuban President Raul Castro has been welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Washington and Havana aimed at restoring U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Raul Castro to Pope: Thanks to you, I may come back to the Church

By Alvaro de Juana - Catholic News Agency

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama befriending communists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Obama to lift Cuba from list of terrorist sponsors

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Raul Castro hold historic formal meeting; first between U.S., Cuba in more than 50 years

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama's warming relations with Cuban President Raul Castro have drawn fire from political opponents, namely Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and a Cuban-American, who says Mr. Obama's embracing Mr. Castro sends "the wrong kind of message." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama called Castro before summit

The Washington Times

President Obama said Thursday in Jamaica that he will soon decide whether to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism now that the State Department has finished a review on the question. (Associated Press)

Raul Castro demands raise doubts, but Obama optimistic for U.S.-Cuba relations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama's warming relations with Cuban President Raul Castro have drawn fire from political opponents, namely Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and a Cuban-American, who says Mr. Obama's embracing Mr. Castro sends "the wrong kind of message." (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama, Cuba President Raul Castro set to meet for first time since diplomatic thaw

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Nancy Pelosi visits Havana, meets with top Castro regime officials

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this publicly distributed handout photo provided by the Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica, Cuba's President Raul Castro listens on a headphone during the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in San Antonio de Belen, Costa Rica, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica, Roberto Carlos Sanchez)

Raul Castro to Obama: Give Guantanamo Bay to Cuba, and we can be friends

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 10, 2014, file photo, Cuba’s President Raul Castro Ruz, right, watches President Barack Obama following his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Obama won’t meet Raul Castro’s demands, but doesn’t regret Cuba move

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2014 file photo, Cuba's President Raul Castro points to the press during the closing of the legislative session at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba. Castro told a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, that the United States needs to 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. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Raul Castro demands U.S. return control of Guantanamo Bay to communist regime

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 9, 2000 photo, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera stands in front of one of her art pieces, a representation of a raft, in Havana. ( AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera)

BRUCE FEIN: No U.S. obligation to Cuban democracy advocates

By Bruce Fein

Members of the Ladies in White, a Cuban dissident group, participate in a demonstration Sunday in Havana. Cuban authorities have reportedly detained overnight dozens of pro-democracy and free speech activists this week, including at least three members of the nation's political opposition ahead of a planned protest art performance in Havana. (Associated Press)

Cuba crackdown on political dissidents tests Obama diplomatic outreach

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

oanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Now known as Assata Shakur, she was convicted in 1977 of killing a New Jersey state trooper four years earlier, in a case that drew international attention. She was sentenced to life in prison but escaped. She wound up in Cuba in the 1980s and like other fugitives with political asylum here, once was living so openly in Havana that her number was listed in the phone book. (AP Photo, File)

EDITORIAL: Assata Shakur, cop killer, must face Cuba extradition

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on Obama's new policy toward Cuba by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

CAL THOMAS: Cuba libre!

By Cal Thomas

Illustration on Obama's new policy toward Cuba by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

FINGERS MALLOY: Left gets it wrong: Charles and David Koch bad, Fidel and Raul Castro good

By Fingers Malloy

Cuba's President Raul Castro raises his fist and shout's during the closing of the twice-annual legislative session at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Raul Castro thanks Obama, says Cuba will not abandon communism

By Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press