Calvin a a the president underscored change must begin the in hearts and minds of the cuban people and called on raul castro to allow that change. To president castro who i appreciate being here today i want to will it know i believe my visit here demonstrates you do not need to fear a threat from the United States, and given your commitment for cubas sovereignty and selfdetermination i am also confident that you need not fear the different voices of the cuban people and their capacity to speak andssemble and vote for their leaders. Calvin following his speech, obama met with cuban dissidents to discuss cuban americacan policy. There are people here who have been detained, some in the past, some very recently, and as i have said consistently, part of our policy with respect to engagement with cuba is not simply me meeting with president castro or governmenttogovernment relation being able to hear dirtly from the cuban people and making sure that they have a voice and making sure that t
Serious difference including on democracy and human rights. Calvin the president wasnt the only person who was busy today. First lady was also active in havana. You can take a look here. She was at the an old peanut oil factory from the 1930s after the revolution, it belonged to the ministry of culture. Something very controversial happened there, too. Ten cuban girls who were selected, according to white house be were told about a cuban official in spanish to remain quiet and not to cross herr legs. Michchle obama spoke the with girls about her lets Girls Learn Initiative with the cuban and American Flag right behind her. She told the girls that she is very much interested in education and to empower the girls as to empower their families. Ill turn now to my colleague here, hael vela, who had a chance to see some of the reactions from the people today. Yesterday we uncle talked so much about people lining up to cade and some people motorcade. Hatzel we started off in revolutionary pla
C cvin and, laurie, we had that discussion earlier today along with my producer michelle. We asked if president castro actually greeted the french president when he came here, Francois Hollande in may have last year, and the answewe was no. We were told by another jououist that castro did not meet french presididt Francois Honda hat Jose Marti International airport. So i think its us mayor, its a formality nott to greet another head of state there, but as you know they did mt on monday, yesterday, at the palace of the revenues you have revolution. Janine and the president right now the leaving from the stadium where there was that big baseball game sti going on, and that is where our own hatzel vela is. Wed like to check in with him. Hatzel. Hatzel janine, you can tell you the game is still going oh. Were at the top of the fifth. Usa with the Tampa Bay Rays are winning 30 last check, and the we can also tell theres a lot of folks leaving the saddam this point but when we were inside, y
Revelation jose marti with imafaf Vice President salvador vavaes. From there it was on to an historic bilateral meeting with cuban president raul castro. The two leaders greeted the u. S. And cuban delegations. Then sat down for an historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether the shampoos uturn in policy whether the sharp uturn in policy. This was when castro was asked about releasing Political Prisoners. Give me a lists applicable prisoners and i will release them immediately. Just give me a list. What Political Prisoners . Give me a name or names. Calvin at the same time, president obama was equally adamant about individual freedoms. And the goal of the human United States to dictate to cuba how they should govern thselves but to make sure that we are having a frank and candid conversation around this issue, and hopefully that we can learn fromach other. Calvin the pomp and pleasant riri could not hide the underigs lieu tensions, even in castros final words. Its like talki