President Barack Obama’s Visit Program in Cuba

During his three-day trip to Cuba next week, President Obama will meet with dissidents and young entrepreneurs, attend a state dinner with Cuban President Raul Castro and even catch a baseball game, the White House announced Wednesday.

Traveling with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia, the president will start his trip soon after landing Sunday with a walking tour of Old Havana, where they'll see historic buildings that make up the city's core. At a church there, Obama will meet with Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who helped facilitate the months-long, secret negotiations that led to the U.S. and Cuba agreeing to re-establish diplomatic relations.

On Monday, the president will have a working meeting with Castro, who will host the first family for a state dinner. White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes stressed that Obama will not meet with Raúl's older brother, Fidel Castro.

Obama will attend an event featuring Cuba's new class of private entrepreneurs, and also spend time with a group of Castro's critics.

Rhodes would not say which critics Obama will meet with in Havana, but he said they will "represent a diverse and important set of voices in Cuba, prominent dissidents, people who've made enormous sacrifices."

Obama also plans to deliver a speech at the National Theater of Cuba that he hopes will be broadcast live around the country. During a telephone briefing with reporters, Rhodes could not confirm whether that speech would be broadcast throughout the country. He said the Cubans have not objected to doing so and pointed out that Obama's speech announcing the normalization of relations on Dec. 17, 2014, was carried live on Cuban state television.

"We see this speech as a unique moment in the history between our two countries," Rhodes said. In that speech, the president would "lay out his vision for how the United States and Cuba can work together, and how the Cuban people can continue to pursue a better life."

Obama will also lay a wreath at the José Martí Memorial, erected in honor of the country's national hero who helped liberate the island from Spanish rule.

Additionally, Obama will attend an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cuba's national team at a stadium on the outskirts of Havana.

"It's a part of both of our heritages, and frankly part of the type of exchanges we're pursuing," Rhodes said.