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Italian voters. cnn s senior international correspondent ben wedeman live in rome. reporter: it was a resounding defeat for matteo renzi, the 41-year-old italian prime minister who when he saw those numbers late last night with as many as 20% of the electorate completely rejecting the passage of this amendment over about 40% who approved it, he quickly gave up. he sent out a tweet today saying thank you, everyone, it s been 1,000 beautiful, difficult days. long live italy. in the next hour and a half, he s expected to hold his last cabinet meeting, after which he will go to the office of the italian president, where he will hand in his resignation. this vote has been interpreted in a variety of ways but it s important to keep in mind how many people voted against it. ....
The end of their term they are both getting more looking back and considering and even being open about it. being candid about what they felt and experienced. i remember her kind of starting this off early on when she said i am finally proud of my country, which really bothered people a lot. then they dug into her past a little bit that she had written something in college that made people wonder how much she loves the country. race gets interpreted different ways by different people in terms of how they feel. you want to talk more about it later this show. i look forward to that. more controversy for you this morning. at the vatican, cuban leader raul castro paid a visit to go and see the pope for brokering the peace talks between washington and havana cnn national correspondent ben wedeman live in rome with more communist kisses ring. ....
United states and cuba together to end the frosty relationship or warm the frosty relationship. let s bring in cnn s ben wedeman live in rome this morning with the details and surprising comments from raul castro. reporter: yes, indeed john. the meeting lasted 55 minutes. the vatican said it was very cordial afterwards. raul castro seemed giddy about it. it is reported he told the pope this was the most important meeting of his life. afterwards he went to a press conference with the italian prime minister where he said and i ll read this if the pope continues to speak like this sooner or later, i will start praying again and i will return to the catholic church. i m not saying this jokingly he stressed. i m a communist of the cuban communist party. ....
Normalization between cuba an the rest of the world which catholic church pushing for an end to the u.s. trade embargo against cuba but no time line as to when that will happen. i imagine that might be top of mind as well in this conversation. yes, it will. there s no clear time line when the embargo will be lifted. only this week you should recall that the united states apparently approved two companies to provide ferry service between the united states and cuba. clearly, that is moving ahead not necessarily as planned but it is moving. george? senior international correspondent ben weidman live in rome. we appreciate your reporting there. thank you. on saturday, raul castro s daughter led a gay pride march ....
There are obviously still a good deal of work to be done in terms of lifting the embargo that s been in place on cuba for more than 50 years. but certainly this is one exam. where you can say that the vatican definitely played a critical role in breaking out or rather allowing cuba to break out of its long standing diplomatic isolation. george? seen yoor international correspondent ben wedeman live in rome. thank you for your reporting there. an saturday, raul castro s daughter led a gay pride march and symbolic wedding in cuba s capital. same-sex marriage is illegal in the caribbean nation. but dozens of gay couples tied the knot and hundreds took part in the parade. cuban gays have made progress in recent years in large part because of her police call ....