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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 ....
Pope francis opening a century old wound by using the word genocide to describe the killings of armenians by turks. it came during a service commemorating the massacre of the armenian massacres. some are citing the pope for controversy. we have ben wedeman live in rome with the latest. reporter: what happened yesterday, there was a mass at the vatican where pope francis spoke about the 100 anniversary at the beginning of the massacres of armenians during world war ii while they lived under the empire. he described it as the first genocide of the 21st century. ....
Of the fifth callolumn. when the current government of turkey which has those ambitions of their own, certainly become very angry. they not only recalled their ambassador to the vatican, they summoned the vatican ambassador to turkey to express their unhappiness over the statements by pope francis. ben wedeman live in rome. thank you. protesters packing the streets and cities across brazil and promiseing more to come. they are calling for the impeachment of the president there. 275,000 demonstrators ss marched in sao palo on sunday. the scandal has harmed politicians in the community. the diplomats will try to establish a lasting peace in ukraine. germany and france foreign ....
Leading to their conviction, and there have been previous instances where americans have been accused and found guilty of crimes that the united states was not willing to extradite them to italy. zoraida? all right. ben wedeman live in rome for us. thank you very much. certainly a very surprising turn in that case, amanda knox will have to face retrial in italy. coming up, a 17-year-old s mul multimillion dollar idea. this kid is 17! he s a teenager who just made a bundle with a big sale to yahoo. we re here! we re going to the park! [ gina ] oh hey, dan! i really like your new jetta! and you want to buy one like mine because it s so safe, right? yeah. yeah. i know what you ve heard iihs top safety pick for $159 a month but, i wish it was more dangerous, like a monster truck or dune buggy! you can t have the same car as me! [ male announcer ] now everyone s going to want one. let s get a jetta. [ male announcer ] volkswagen springtoberfest is here and there s no better time t ....