President Barack Obama participates in an interview with Oliver Knox, Chief Washington Correspondent, Yahoo! News, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Dec. 10, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
Washington Examiner: Obama eyes Cuba visit, says Castro not 'an ideologue'
President Obama is hopefully planning a visit to Cuba and sees longtime co-dictator Raul Castro, who has taken over for ailing brother Fidel, as a pragmatist, not "an ideologue."
In a newly released Yahoo interview, Obama said, "I am very much interested in going to Cuba, but I think the conditions have to be right."
The president told correspondent Olivier Knox, "My hope is that sometime next year we look at the conditions there and we say, you know what? Now would be a good time to shine a light on progress that's been made, but also maybe to nudge the Cuban government in a new direction."
WNU Editor: The interview and report from Yahoo is here. What's my take .... the Castros (and their supporters) have always been ideologues. It is their rational to stay in power, and heaven help those who have questioned their decisions and motivations over the past 6 decades.
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