Jimmy Carter arrives in CubaSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Carter lands in Cuba and is greeted by Foreign Minister Bruno RodriguezThe trip is officially to strengthen bilateral tiesHowever, the ex-president may try to lobby for an American prisonerThe U.S. contractor was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, landed in Havana Monday for a private visit aimed at lowering tension between the Cold War enemies and seeing firsthand the economic reforms sweeping the communist island. Unlike his first visit in 2002, when then-Cuban President Fidel Castro personally greeted Carter on the tarmac, this time Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez was on hand to receive the former American leader. He was invited by current Cuban President Raul Castro on a non-governmental mission and will meet with officials and Jewish and Catholic leaders during his three-day visit. But expectations are high that Carter also will work behind the scenes to secure the release of American contractor Alan Gross, who was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for what Cuba considers "subversive" work connecting dissidents to the internet. Gross, a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor, was arrested in Havana in 2009.
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