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Weekly Report - 04 February 2016 (WR-16-05)
CUBA: Vive Cuba!
President Raúl Castro this week became the first Cuban leader to enjoy a state visit to France since the island’s independence. In Paris, the 84-year old Castro, on his first trip to Europe since formally taking over from his brother and predecessor Fidel in 2008, told French investors that Cuba was “open for business” and received firm support from his counterpart François Hollande for the removal of the US economic embargo on Cuba. Hollande called on US President Barack Obama to “go all the way and bring an end to this vestige of the Cold War”.
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