8:15 A.M. (1315 GMT, 9:15 a.m. EDT)
President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have spoken by phone ahead of an expected encounter at a regional summit in Panama.
Jorge Leganoa is deputy director of Cuba’s state-run National Information Agency. He says Obama and Castro spoke by phone Thursday evening.
The White House has declined to comment.
Obama and Castro are in Panama City for the Summit of the Americas.