Cuban vice-president hosts Nancy Pelosi in first meeting with US officials
Source: Guardian
Cuban vice-president hosts Nancy Pelosi in first meeting with US officials
House Democratic delegates visit Miguel Diaz-Canel, the country’s likely next president, before leaving the island
Reuters in Havana
Thursday 19 February 2015 18.15 EST
Nine members of the US House of Representatives met Cuban vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday, marking the first time Cuba’s heir apparent to power has received an American delegation.
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and eight other House Democrats concluded their two-day visit to the country by meeting Diaz-Canel, 54, who is first in line to the seat of power held by brothers Fidel and Raul Castro since 1959.
The meeting came two months after the United States and Cuba announced a rapprochement and plans to restore diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of hostilities.
The nine Democrats, all supporters of Barack Obama’s policy change on the Communist-led island, were due to be escorted directly to the airport after the meeting.
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