Raúl Castro - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Raúl Castro Index / People Transcripts Rumana Ahmed ...his four- or five-hour meeting with Raúl Castro . Then, Alejandro Castro's tw... Arturo Valenzuela ...he began the conversation by saying “ Raúl Castro asked whether I could come and se... ...Ortega was telling me when he said that Raúl Castro was surrounded by Jacobins an... Roberta Jacobson ...they wanted to see the president and [Raúl] Castro 's speech, and it was too—it was to... ...Hernández. Castro, for whatever reason, Raúl Castro felt very strongly about Gerardo an... ...you're beginning, I think, to have Raúl Castro focus on his own mortality—no... Jefferey DeLaurentis ...years wasn't really working. I think Raúl Castro made that point at the Summit of th... ...that you delivered the letter to Raúl Castro . Is that correct? No, it was to th... ...the hatchet and these kinds of things. Raúl Castro was there, other government officials... ...to his first formal meeting with Raúl Castro at the presidential whatever they cal... Bernie Aronson ...had credibility with the FARC. And Raúl [Modesto Castro Ruz] had said earlier, “The days o... ...of signing ceremonies and got to see Raúl Castro for what it's worth. So I just though... Ricardo Zúniga ...swap between the USAID employee who Raúl Castro had said was not an agent, and peopl... ...thinking particularly of Obama shaking Raúl Castro 's hand— Absolutely. —at Nelso... ...President Obama acknowledged not just Raúl Castro , but Cuba's role historically with th... ...others, while Obama's on the phone with Raúl Castro . And then I found one from th... ...the president is on the phone call with Raúl Castro , that's when we knew we were there... ...having a historic conversation with President Raúl Castro on the other side of this. I wa... ...that part of it was a recognition by Raúl Castro , or those around him, that if Fide... ...have resisted for all these years, that Raúl Castro 's legacy could be dealing with th... Show more... Ben Rhodes ...of how seriously they took this. He was Raúl [Castro] 's son. He was seen as the rising powe... ...mentioning to him, “Oh, by the way, Raúl Castro is going to be there on the dais. We'r... ...more, but they didn't want too much. Raúl Castro ended up explaining this to me—and t... ...from human rights to interfacing with Raúl Castro ? What was it like to be there? Tha... ...the US media was—he shook hands with Raúl Castro ; this white lady who is the prim... John Kerry ...had a good personal relationship with Raúl [Modesto] Castro [Ruz] and there was a certain amount o... Hillary Clinton ...people out. Come on. I mean, really? Raúl Castro has stepped down, and whoever this ne... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Transition Transition go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Arts and Humanities Arts and Humanities go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa