Following his meeting in Havana with the legendary leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro, French President Francois Hollande pledged that his government would do everything possible to end Washington's 55-year blockade of the island republic. Hollande also met with Cuban President Raul Castro and subsequently announced that a series of agreements had been reached to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in areas such as education, medicine, agriculture, and trade. teleSUR
