Raul Castro has effectively been running Cuba since brother Fidel was diagnosed with terminal Stomach Cancer. it seems that he might see which side his bread is buttered on.
From Yahoo/Reuters:
Raul Castro extends olive branch to U.S.
Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro, departing from his brother's confrontational approach to their arch-enemy the United States, said this weekend he was open for talks with Washington.
The offer made on Saturday was the most direct overture to the United States by Fidel Castro's designated successor, who is running Cuba in the absence of its ailing leader.
Experts on Cuba said the Western hemisphere's only communist country needs to get the United States to lift sanctions enforced since 1962 if it wants to revitalize its battered economy.
At a military parade where Cuba rolled out Soviet-era tanks and fighter jets, Raul Castro railed at increased hostility by the Bush administration and condemned the war in Iraq.
But he added: "We take this opportunity to once again state that we are willing to resolve at the negotiating table the long-standing dispute between the United States and Cuba."
Ahh yes, the Cuban workers paradise -- and how many people are trying to emigrate there? Good to see some change -- it will be nice for Cuba to be a democracy again.
