A picture has been going around Facebook with a quote by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro where it appears he predicted the conditions under which the U.S. embargo would come to an end. In 1973 he spoke the following words:
The United States will come to talk to us when you have a black president and the world has a Latin American pope.”
– Fidel Castro speaking to the international press in 1973
Today President Obama said that reestablishing Cuban and U.S. embassies is a historic step in America’s effort to “normalize its relations with the Cuban government.
Both Obama and Cuban counterpart Raul Castro made simultaneous announcements about the embassy re-openings. Cuban state-run television took the unusual step of televising Obama’s remarks from the White House.
“This is a historic step forward in our efforts to normalize relations with the Cuban government and people, and begin a new chapter with our neighbors in the Americas,” Obama said from the Rose Garden.
A statement from Cuba’s foreign ministry “confirms the decision to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries and open permanent diplomatic missions in their respective capitals, from July 20.”
So what is your take. Was Fidel Castro prophetic?
