Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will travel on Monday to Havana to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro and other leaders of the island and talk about the improving relations between the two countries, said Friday the Carter Center. The journey of former President (1977-1981), who accompanied his wife, Rosalynn, is due to an invitation from the Government of Cuba, explains the center.
During his trip, which ends on Wednesday, March 30, Carter will meet with Raul Castro and other officials and citizens to learn about new economic policies "being implemented on the island and to discuss the next Congress of the Cuban Communist Party. Another goal is "to discuss how to improve relations between the United States and Cuba." The Carter Center observes that the former president has already visited the island in May 2002, and stresses that this journey unfolds as a mission "private and non-government, under the auspices of the nonprofit organization" which he chairs.
The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former American president and his wife, in partnership with Emory University, to promote peace and better health coverage in the world. In August 2010, Carter, Nobel Peace Prize 2002, traveled to North Korea to plead for Mahli Aijalon Gomes, an American citizen who was arrested for trespassing in the Asian country and was finally released.
Now, some observers see in Carter's visit to Cuba a chance to appeal for the release of U.S. hired by a U.S. agency Alan Gross, who two weeks ago was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, despite calls from Washington to was released. 
During his trip, which ends on Wednesday, March 30, Carter will meet with Raul Castro and other officials and citizens to learn about new economic policies "being implemented on the island and to discuss the next Congress of the Cuban Communist Party. Another goal is "to discuss how to improve relations between the United States and Cuba." The Carter Center observes that the former president has already visited the island in May 2002, and stresses that this journey unfolds as a mission "private and non-government, under the auspices of the nonprofit organization" which he chairs.
The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former American president and his wife, in partnership with Emory University, to promote peace and better health coverage in the world. In August 2010, Carter, Nobel Peace Prize 2002, traveled to North Korea to plead for Mahli Aijalon Gomes, an American citizen who was arrested for trespassing in the Asian country and was finally released.
Now, some observers see in Carter's visit to Cuba a chance to appeal for the release of U.S. hired by a U.S. agency Alan Gross, who two weeks ago was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, despite calls from Washington to was released.
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