**FILE** In this March 30, 2010 photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
A change to Cuban law taking effect in January will make it simpler for defectors, such as Mr. Gregory, to visit the homeland they abandoned. Now working as a fencing teacher in Rome, Mr. Gregory plans to return to Cuba to visit his daughter, Sydney, who was just 15 days old when he defected in 2002. (Associated Press)
A change to Cuban law taking effect in January will make it simpler for defectors, such as Mr. Gregory, to visit the homeland they abandoned. Now working as a fencing teacher in Rome, Mr. Gregory plans to return to Cuba to visit his daughter, Sydney, who was just 15 days old when he defected in 2002. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Jailed rebel Ricardo Palmera, alias Simon Trinidad, can be seen at the U.S. federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo., in this Aug. 8, 2012, photo provided by Jaime Palmera. Palmera's journey from the Colombia's highest social circles to jungle battlegrounds and finally to a U.S. prison mirrors the complexity of the confrontation that the talks starting this week in Cuba are meant to end. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, considers him a prisoner of war. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jaime Palmera)
** FILE ** Jailed rebel Ricardo Palmera, alias Simon Trinidad, can be seen at the U.S. federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo., in this Aug. 8, 2012, photo provided by Jaime Palmera. Palmera's journey from the Colombia's highest social circles to jungle battlegrounds and finally to a U.S. prison mirrors the complexity of the confrontation that the talks starting this week in Cuba are meant to end. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, considers him a prisoner of war. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jaime Palmera)
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks during a meeting with intellectuals and writers at the International Book Fair in Havana on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Roberto Chile)
A driver maneuvers his classic American car along a wet road as a wave crashes against the Malecon in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Resident Antonio Garces tries to recover his belongings from his house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate, Cuba, Thursday Oct. 25, 2012. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
A driver maneuvers his classic American car along a wet road in Havana on Oct. 25, 2012, as a wave crashes against the car. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean. (Associated Press)
