JOSE PERTIERRA: OBAMA'S MEETING WITH RAUL CASTRO

Monday, April 13, 2015   6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Jose Pertierra, a D.C attorney specializing in international and immicgration law discusses Obama's meeting with Raul Castro during the Regional Summit of the Americas.  The first direct meeting between the heads of state since the Cuban Revolution of 1959.  At the same time Obama ordered sanctions targeting individuals in Venenzuela's government, a strong ally to Cuba, and calling them a threat to national security, only to walk this statement back as pro forma. Obama's easing of travel restrictions and talk of trade liberalization, where embargo has been the rule.