article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama met with Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and other Caribbean prime ministers Thursday before departing for the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama is off for another historic meeting there, this time with Cuba's President Raul Castro.
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama arrived Thursday evening in Panama City.
article_snippet.sent: Cuban President Raul Castro (above) arrived in Panama Thursday, where Cuban President Raul Castro (above) will attend a dinner with Obama on Friday .
article_snippet.sent: President Obama arrives having amassed some goodwill in Latin America by upending the US policy of isolating Cuba, a policy that had irritated others in the region, and by loosening immigration policies at home.
article_snippet.sent: While in Panama, President Barack Obama was to meet Friday with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela and other Central American leaders.
article_snippet.sent: President Obama planned to speak at a forum of CEOs before joining other leaders for dinner at Panama Viejo, home to archaeological ruins dating to the 1500s.
article_snippet.sent: In a nod to lingering U.S. concerns about human rights and political freedoms, President Barack Obama is making a point to attend a forum bringing together both dissidents and members of the Cuban political establishment.
highlights_snippet.sent: This as Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller prepares to have dinner with Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday at the Summit of the Americas in Panama .
  