Never in the history of Cuba has there been these kinds of meetings between foreigners and representatives of the opposition.

the biggest wave of repression this year.

The accusations are totally unfounded. My worry is that this could be a preamble to more drastic measures by the government toward a peaceful internal movement.

They committed no crime in holding this meeting ... the Cuban government is violating civil rights here.

What we have today is the departure of the first group ... which is going to travel to Canada.

a normal relation between the two countries instead of this Cold War mentality.