VIDEO: Obama shakes hands with Cuba’s Raul Castro By Charlie Spiering FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint December 10, 2013 5:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint Before his speech at Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday, President Obama shook hands with Raul Castro. Recommended Stories For whom the bell trolls: Sombrero meme reveals who's winning shutdown fightLet Ukraine throw Tomahawks at RussiaProtecting families means ending shutdowns Watch the video above. TagsAfricaBarack ObamaCubaNelson Mandela Related Content Senate Brendan Carr to testify before Senate committee after drawing criticism for Jimmy Kimmel comments Senate Byron York predicts Democratic Party will be the one that ‘loses in the government shutdown’ White House Vance slams media for repeating Democratic ‘propaganda’ about Medicaid for illegal immigrants Campaigns Republican to make Sunday Night Football ad debut in Massachusetts governor’s race White House Trump to meet with Vought ‘of Project 2025 fame’ to determine which agencies to cut