Mary Alice Salinas HAVANA— Appealing directly to the Cuban people in Havana, President Barack Obama said it is time for the U.S. and Cuba to move beyond their Cold War differences and begin a new journey toward a future that will benefit both nations. “I have come here to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people,” Obama said during a televised address, hours before he departed the island nation Tuesday afternoon. “It is time for us to leave the past behind. It won’t be easy and there will be setbacks and it will take time.” Speaking Tuesday in the majestic El Gran Teatro de Havana, with Cuban President Raul Castro seated in a balcony directly across from...
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