USA-Cuba: a head-to-head now etched in history.

For the first time since 1956, the Heads of State of Cuba and the United States held talks Saturday night at a formal meeting. On the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas, Raul Castro and Barack Obama have expressed briefly to reporters before continuing their discussions in private.

Previously, they held about reflecting the closeness between the two countries, announced in December.

"I see as a positive step, said Raul Castro (the) recent statements (Obama) that he will quickly decide to remove Cuba from the list of countries that support terrorism list in which we would never have be included. "

The Cuban president also called Obama "honest man" and expressed his desire to move forward in a "respectful dialogue".

The US president, he did not hesitate to point out the "inconsistencies" of his own country. "I am the first to acknowledge that America's concern about human rights has not always been consistent, said Barack Obama. And I'm certainly aware that there are dark chapters in our history where we just have not observed the principles and ideals on which the country was founded. (...) America has never proclaimed it was perfect. We claim to be open to change "

The historic meeting between the two leaders has largely overshadowed the other topics on the agenda of the Summit of the Americas. 35 summit of heads of state. Cuba was participating for the first time.