President Obama to meet with Raúl Castro

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President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro will hold a formal meeting Tuesday during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the White House announced.

It'll be the second meeting between the two leaders since the U.S. and Cuba restored diplomatic ties in 2014, The Associated Press reports.

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The president spoke with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet aboard Air Force One on Sunday. He also has meetings scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.