Jimmy Carter: Obama-Castro Handshake ‘Was Something Significant’

In this image from TV, US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former South African President Nelson ... In this image from TV, US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, in the rain for a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. MORE LESS
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While some have downplayed the significance of President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, at least one former U.S. president hopes the gesture is a harbinger of things to come.

Former President Jimmy Carter told CNN that the handshake “was something significant” and expressed hope that it “will be an omen for the future”:

Shortly before he eulogized Mandela at FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa, Obama shook hands with Castro, along with other world leaders. 

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