Obama and Cuba

And they say the Americans have no sense of irony.

This morning's big news is the Castro/ Obama press conference on Obama's welcome and much overdue visit to Cuba.

Mr Obama took the opportunity to lecture the Cubans publicly on human rights, political prisoners, political reform.

Meanwhile, America continues, almost 8 years after his promise to close it, to run Guantanamo Bay, where the US has been able to detain small enemies beyond the reach of the law and the Geneva Convention. Many have been detained for a decade without charge, having arrived there through the dubious process of extraordinary rendition.

And Guantanamo Bay ? Where is it exactly ? Er... Cuba.

Doh !