Cuba's President Raúl Castro, speaking at the United Nations for the first time, hailed renewed diplomatic ties with the United States as "major progress" but slammed a US trade embargo as the top obstacle to Cuba's economic development.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the top commander of leftist FARC rebels shook hands and agreed to reach a final peace agreement within six months in Latin America's longest war.
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