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Obama presses Cuban president to respond to U.S. moves

The Washington Post: UNITED NATIONS — With two rounds of regulatory reform since December, President Obama has expanded opportunities for Americans to travel, spend money and set up businesses in Cuba. So far, Cuba seems to have done little beyond reopening its Washington embassy.

In a meeting here Tuesday with Cuban President Raúl Castro, held on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly, Obama pressed for a more energetic Cuban response. “The President welcomed the progress made in establishing diplomatic relations,” a White House statement said after the meeting, “and underscored that continued reforms in Cuba would increase the impact of U.S. regulatory changes.”

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