Obama to meet Castro in groundbreaking Cuba talks

President Barack Obama will hold rare talks with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro on Monday in Havana, setting aside a more than half-century bitter standoff between the United States and the communist island. The meeting in the Cuban capital's Palace of the Revolution is only the third formal encounter between Obama and the brother of Fidel Castro, who handed over the presidency in 2008. At stake is the historic shift to end the Cold War conflict, which has seen Washington try to bring Cuba to