What do you think about trading with Cuba ?... Maybe they will buy more from us than we do from them - that would be good...

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updated 8:41 p.m. ET, Fri., April 17, 2009

President Barack Obama stands between Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, left, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias at the opening of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad on Friday.

At the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama declaring he "seeks a new beginning" - including direct talks - with the Cuba's communist regime. Trading their warmest words in a half-century, the United States and Cuba built momentum toward renewed ties on Friday.