US, Cuban presidents expected to meet Saturday in Panama
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Not since the height of the Cold War have the presidents of the United States and Cuba met face to face.
But as President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro work to restore normal relations between their countries, their expected meeting Saturday at the Summit of the Americas would offer a chance for new momentum for those efforts.
Obama and Castro exchanged handshakes and cordial greetings Friday night, and there was increasing speculation that Obama would use the weekend meeting to announce his decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Cuba has eagerly sought that move, for practical and symbolic reasons.
