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President Obama visits Cuba

by IBNS 21 Mar 2016, 07:22 am

Havana, Mar 21 (IBNS) US President Barrack Obama on Sunday arrived in Cuba, as promised by him a month ago, according to reports.

Upon his arrival, Obama tweeted: "¿Que bolá Cuba? Just touched down here, looking forward to meeting and hearing directly from the Cuban people."

President Obama, who spoke to his embassy people in Havana, was quoted in the media as saying, "It’s a historic opportunity to engage directly with the Cuban people and to forge new agreements and commercial deals and build new ties between our two peoples, and for me to lay out my vision for a future that’s brighter than our past.”

By virtue of this historic visit, Obama became the first sitting American President to visit Cuba in 88 years.