Thursday, March 28, 2024

Historic: Pres. Obama Arrives in Cuba to Begin Reset of Relations (WATCH)

obama in cuba

*(Via Reuters) – President Barack Obama arrived in Cuba on Sunday on a historic visit, opening a new chapter in U.S. engagement with the island’s Communist government after decades of animosity between the former Cold War foes.

Obama landed at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport aboard Air Force One, the presidential jet with “United States of America” emblazoned across its fuselage, a sight almost unimaginable not long ago.

Stepping down onto the red carpet in a light drizzle, Obama and his family, smiling broadly and with umbrellas in hand, were greeted by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez. They then boarded a black armored limousine, with U.S. and Cuban flags fluttering from the hood, and headed out in their motorcade.

obama & michelle arrive in cuba

The three-day trip, the first by a U.S. president to Cuba in 88 years, is the culmination of a diplomatic opening announced by Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in December 2014, ending a Cold War-era estrangement that began when the Cuban revolution ousted a pro-American government in 1959.

Get MORE of this Reuters Report at MSN News.

Watch video coverage of President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba. He and First Lady Michelle Obama emerge from Air Force One at the approximately 9 minutes and 18 seconds.

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