Jimmy Carter Cuba

Jimmy Carter Cuba

Jimmy Carter Cuba Trip
immy Carter Cuba. Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn will visit Cuba next week to meet with President Raul Castro. They will discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations.

The visit, made at the invitation of the Cuban government, raised the possibility that Carter would get involved in the case of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing illegal Internet access to Cuban groups.

The case has strained U.S.-Cuba relations after a brief warming under President Barack Obama.


Carter, 86, was to arrive in Havana on Monday for a three-day trip “to learn about new economic policies and the upcoming (Communist) Party congress and to discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations,” said a statement from Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo.

He was to meet with President Castro and “other Cuban officials and citizens,” the statement said.

It said the trip was a follow-up to the Carters’ May 2002 visit to the island 90 miles from Florida and was a “private, non-governmental mission under the auspices of the not-for-profit Carter Center.”

Carter is set to go to North Korea soon, where last year he went to secure the release of a jailed American.

During his time in the White House, Carter took significant steps to improve relations with Cuba, including lifting all restrictions on U.S. travel to the island, which has been generally banned during most of a 49-year-long U.S. trade embargo.

Source:Newsoxy

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Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts
From weird fetishes to odd nicknames, strange pets in the White House and even the occasional cool invention, some of the following presidents may be known for their oddities.

Weird Presidential Nicknames

Weird Presidential Nicknames
They don’t coin nicknames like they used to, thank goodness. What president was “Old Hickory,” and who was “Unconditional Surrender”? Who was “Tippecanoe,” and who was “Old Rough And Ready”

James Garfield

James Garfield
The 20th U.S. president, James Garfield, had an ambidextrous language party trick. That did not stop his grisly end.

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland
The 22nd president was a draft dodger! He hired someone to take his place and was raked over the coals for it by his political opponent, but it was soon discovered that his opponent had done the same thing himself. Cleveland had a weird nickname as well.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant
The 18th president was arrested on the streets of Washington, D.C., for this minor offense. The arresting officer did not want to issue the fine (how much?) when he realized the offender was the president, but the president insisted.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams
The sixth president had a daily nude swimming ritual. When word got out, it led to this interesting first-time event.

George W. Bush

George W. Bush
The 43rd president was one of four U.S. presidents who did not win the popular vote and yet was elected. Others with the same distinction. How can that be?

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson
The third president invented many cool things, but THIS habit would lead to quite a scandal today.

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
The 31st president’s son had exotic pets in the White House. Hoover was also the first president to have this in the White House.

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter
He was the 39th president, but the first to be born in a hospital. Not only did he serve on a nuclear sub, but he also was a farmer that grew this crop.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 32nd president was apparently related to many past presidents. Few knew about his disability.

James Madison

James Madison
The fourth president was a very slim man. As a lawyer, he had some interesting clients.

Warren Harding

Warren Harding
The 29th president had a poker habit that one time got out of control.

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft
The 27th president was the heaviest president ever and once had a problem with the White House bathtub. He did like baseball and started this tradition.

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
On March 4, 1841, the ninth president bored people with his wordiness.

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge
A quiet man, he once won a bet with a reporter who challenged that he could get more than two words out of him. What was his response? And then there was this odd Vaseline fetish as well as his prankster side.

More about → Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts

Weird Presidential Facts
From weird fetishes to odd nicknames, strange pets in the White House and even the occasional cool invention, some of the following presidents may be known for their oddities.

Weird Presidential Nicknames

Weird Presidential Nicknames
They don’t coin nicknames like they used to, thank goodness. What president was “Old Hickory,” and who was “Unconditional Surrender”? Who was “Tippecanoe,” and who was “Old Rough And Ready”

James Garfield

James Garfield
The 20th U.S. president, James Garfield, had an ambidextrous language party trick. That did not stop his grisly end.

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland
The 22nd president was a draft dodger! He hired someone to take his place and was raked over the coals for it by his political opponent, but it was soon discovered that his opponent had done the same thing himself. Cleveland had a weird nickname as well.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant
The 18th president was arrested on the streets of Washington, D.C., for this minor offense. The arresting officer did not want to issue the fine (how much?) when he realized the offender was the president, but the president insisted.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams
The sixth president had a daily nude swimming ritual. When word got out, it led to this interesting first-time event.

George W. Bush

George W. Bush
The 43rd president was one of four U.S. presidents who did not win the popular vote and yet was elected. Others with the same distinction. How can that be?

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson
The third president invented many cool things, but THIS habit would lead to quite a scandal today.

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
The 31st president’s son had exotic pets in the White House. Hoover was also the first president to have this in the White House.

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter
He was the 39th president, but the first to be born in a hospital. Not only did he serve on a nuclear sub, but he also was a farmer that grew this crop.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 32nd president was apparently related to many past presidents. Few knew about his disability.

James Madison

James Madison
The fourth president was a very slim man. As a lawyer, he had some interesting clients.

Warren Harding

Warren Harding
The 29th president had a poker habit that one time got out of control.

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft
The 27th president was the heaviest president ever and once had a problem with the White House bathtub. He did like baseball and started this tradition.

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
On March 4, 1841, the ninth president bored people with his wordiness.

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge
A quiet man, he once won a bet with a reporter who challenged that he could get more than two words out of him. What was his response? And then there was this odd Vaseline fetish as well as his prankster side.

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