Migration Talks With Cuba Postponed
"A U.S. State Department official told The Associated Press on Friday that both sides intend to continue holding periodic negotiations on immigration issues twice a year, but that bureaucratic concerns derailed talks that had been scheduled for early December in Havana," the AP reported. "Cuban officials say they have made concrete proposals to the United States to hold talks on counternarcotics, disaster preparedness and other issues -- but have not heard back. Washington, in turn, says Cuba has done little to inspire confidence that it will allow social, political or economic changes -- something the U.S. said is a prerequisite to moving forward."