Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Castro during the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Cuba’s President Raul Castro, who listens to a translator, during the first plenary session of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama April 11, 2015. Obama and Castro shook hands on Friday at the summit, a symbolically charged gesture as the pair seek to restore ties between the Cold War foes. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst