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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
2. That would be so cool, wouldn't it?
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 09:28 PM
Jun 2015

Former President Jimmy Carter went during the Busch Occupancy and they broadcast his speech live on both radio and tv, across the island.

They met when they both attended the funeral of Canada's Pierre Trudeau, who was a good friend of Fidel Castro's, and during the times they spoke there, Castro invited Jimmy Carter to visit Cuba, which he did, even though the Republicans raised Republican Hell about it.

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In Canada







First visit in Cuba.

Below, Jimmy Carter goes to a Cuban baseball game





Below, 2nd trip to Cuba to visit the very ill Fidel Castro.



Greeted by Bruno Rodriguez, Foreign Minister



Visiting, with translator.







Jimmy Carter's wearing the Cuban favorite national shirt, the guayabera.[/center]

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