Obama, Castro speak by phone
President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have spoken by phone ahead of an expected encounter at a regional summit in Panama.
Jorge Leganoa is deputy director of Cuba's state-run National Information Agency. He says Obama and Castro spoke by phone Thursday evening. The White House declined to comment. Obama and Castro both arrived in Panama City on Thursday for the Summit of the Americas. It's only the second known conversation between the leaders of the US and Cuba in more than 50 years. The first was in December, shortly before Obama and Castro announced plans to restore diplomatic ties. That process is currently underway.
