President Obama welcomed in Havana, Cuba on historic visit

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Obama cheered in Havana at start of historic visit to Cuba


Cuban citizens look as Air Force One lands at Jose

Cuban citizens look as Air Force One lands at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. 

 HAVANA, March 20 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama arrived to small but cheering crowds on Sunday at the start of a historic visit to Cuba that opened a new chapter in U.S. engagement with the island's Communist government after decades of hostility between the former Cold War foes.
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 an estrangement that began when the Cuban revolution ousted a pro-American government in 1959.
The visit comes more than a year after the White House moved to normalize relations with America's previous Cold War-era foe.
Last fall, the U.S. embassy officially opened in Cuba, resuming diplomatic relations with the island nation. Since then, the president's administration has already instituted several changes in its policies towards Cuba.
Last month, the U.S. and Cuba inked a deal to reboot commercial air traffic between the two countries for the first time in about 50 years. And earlier this month, the president sent a letter to an elderly Cuban woman that was carried aboard the first direct mail flight to Cuba in just as long.

"It's a historic opportunity to engage directly with the Cuban people," Obama told staff at the newly reopened U.S. Embassy who were gathered at a hotel, his first stop after arriving in the afternoon.
Groups of Cubans watched the motorcade from balconies and backyards as Obama was driven downtown, where a small crowd of Cubans braved a tropical downpour and tight security. They chanted: "Viva Obama, Viva Fidel," as the president and his family left after eating dinner in an older neighborhood.
Mr. Obama will also have time to celebrate the diversity of culture on the island just 90 miles off American shores. His more leisurely planned activities include a tour of Old Havana and an appearance at a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cuba's national team. The president will also visit Havana Cathedral, where he will be greeted by Catholic leaders that had helped to open diplomatic ties between the two nations.
A Cuban family in Havana, with a photo of legendary
A Cuban family in Havana, with a photo of legendary Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara on the wall, watch on TV the arrival of President Obama to Cuba on March 20, 2016, for a historic three-day visit to the communist-ruled island. On Sunday, Obama became the first U.S. president in 88 years to visit Cuba, touching down in Havana for a landmark trip aimed at ending decades of Cold War animosity. 

Violeta Arango and her son Oscarito watch President
Violeta Arango and her son Oscarito watch President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at Jose Marti airport, broadcast live on Cuban television inside their home in Havana March 20, 2016. Obama's trip is a crowning moment in his and Cuban President Raul Castro's ambitious effort to restore normal relations between their countries.


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