Carter to help US man in Cuban jail
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March 28, 2011, Monday
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Former United States President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to meet with Jewish leaders shortly after arriving in Cuba today, suggesting that his visit will deal partly with the case of a US contractor whose conviction has further dented relations between Havana and Washington.
An agenda released on Saturday by Cuba's Foreign Relations Ministry says Carter is to visit a Jewish institution. The imprisoned contractor, Alan Gross, had said he was trying to improve internet access for the small Jewish community when he was arrested in December 2009.
The agenda indicates Carter also is scheduled to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro as well as Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega before leaving on Wednesday.
The trip is under the auspices of the Carter Center, which says its aim is to discuss economic policies and improve relations between the US and Cuba. US officials have made clear that the recent 15-year sentence imposed on Gross, 61, is a stumbling block to any rapprochement.
There have been no diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba since the 1960s.
An agenda released on Saturday by Cuba's Foreign Relations Ministry says Carter is to visit a Jewish institution. The imprisoned contractor, Alan Gross, had said he was trying to improve internet access for the small Jewish community when he was arrested in December 2009.
The agenda indicates Carter also is scheduled to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro as well as Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega before leaving on Wednesday.
The trip is under the auspices of the Carter Center, which says its aim is to discuss economic policies and improve relations between the US and Cuba. US officials have made clear that the recent 15-year sentence imposed on Gross, 61, is a stumbling block to any rapprochement.
There have been no diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba since the 1960s.
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