Friday, December 19, 2008

Castro Offers To Swap Dissidents For Spies

From CBS News:

Cuban President Wants To Exchange Political Prisoners For "5 Heroes" Jailed In U.S. For Espionage.

(AP) Cuban President Raul Castro made an unprecedented offer Thursday to exchange political dissidents jailed in his country for five Cubans imprisoned in the U.S. for espionage.

Castro, on his first official visit to Brazil since taking over as president, also reiterated Cuba's willingness to discuss the U.S. embargo with incoming President Barack Obama.

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