President Obama in Cuba at start of historic visit
Havana: President Barack Obama has arrived in Cuba for a historic visit to the island and talks with its communist leader.
He is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility. “Looking forward to meeting and hearing directly from the Cuban people,” he tweeted on arrival. Mr Obama will meet President Raul Castro, but not retired revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, and the pair will discuss trade and political reform. The US president emerged smiling from Air Force One with First Lady Michelle and their daughters Sasha and Malia. Holding umbrellas, the party walked in light drizzle along a red carpet to be greeted by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez. Two hours after landing, Mr Obama greeted staff from the reopened US embassy, calling his trip “a historic visit and a historic opportunity”. The Obamas later began a walkabout in historic Old Havana with a visit to a cathedral. BBC