President Barack Obama is set to come face to face with Cuban President Raul Castro this weekend at the Summit of the Americas in Panama.

Political and business leaders from across North and South America are meeting in Panama to discuss, among other things, trade in the region. Though no formal meeting is scheduled between Castro and Obama, the White House said that the two leaders would certainly cross paths during the discussions.

But for the Castro regime, getting changes to American foreign policy is key and, according to the Associated Press, Cuba may get one key demand: removal from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

Hours before his arrival in Panama for a regional summit, Obama said the U.S. State Department had finished its review of Cuba's presence on the list, a stain on the island nation's pride and a major stumbling block for efforts to mend U.S.-Cuba ties. A top senator confirmed that the agency had recommended removing Cuba from the list, all but ensuring action by the president within days.

"We don't want to be imprisoned by the past," Obama said during a visit to Kingston, Jamaica. "When something doesn't work for 50 years, you don't just keep on doing it. You try something new."

Meanwhile The Washington Times reports that Castro will make other demands that will be tougher for Obama to meet.

Mr. Castro also has made other demands that the U.S. surely won’t meet, such as reparations for economic damages caused by the U.S. embargo on Cuba and the immediate transfer of Guantanamo Bay to the Cuban government.

President Obama campaigned on closing the terrorist detention center at Guantanmo Bay when he was first elected in 2008. While many inmates have been released, and some returned to a life of terror, currently more than 100 inmates still remain at the facility.