Presidents Obama & Castro meet over US-Cuba relations

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Smiles and handshakes at a rare one-on-one meeting between former Cold War foes.

The bilateral talks between Cuban and U.S. presidents on the sidelines of the U.N. general assembly described as ‘friendly’even with a joke or two.

CCTV’s Nathan King filed this from New York.


Cuban software designers outsourcing skills to US

The Obama administration recently announced a further loosening of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. American businesses can now import Cuban designed mobile phone applications and hire Cubans to develop them.

Cuba has one of the lowest levels of internet penetration in the world. Most computers there are old and much of the software is pirated.

But as CCTV’s Michael Voss reported, that hasn’t deterred young software developers from outsourcing their skills abroad.

 

Cuban software designers outsourcing skills to US-

The Obama administration recently announced a further loosening of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. American businesses can now import Cuban designed mobile phone applications and hire Cubans to develop them. Cuba has one of the lowest levels of internet penetration in the world. Most computers there are old and much of the software is pirated. But as CCTV's Michael Voss reported, that hasn't deterred young software developers from outsourcing their skills abroad.


William Leogrande on U.S.-Cuba ties

For more on U.S.-Cuban ties, CCTV America’s Mike Walter spoke to William LeoGrande from the American University. He’s the Co-Author of Back Chanel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana.