U.S. President Barack Obama Arrives in Cuba

U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by his family, has just arrived in Havana, Cuba, marking the first visit ever by a sitting American president since Calvin Coolidge came to Havana in 1928.

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Mr. Obama was welcomed by Cuba Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. U.S. acting ambassador to Cuba, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, was also present.

The last US President to visit Cuba was Calvin Coolidge, who arrived on a US battleship in 1928 to be greeted by a Cuban artillery salute. When Air Force One touched down in Havana on Sunday, the welcome extended to Barack Obama was no less warm.

Mr. Obama began his historic three-day visit with a tour of Old Havana, followed by a meeting with Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega, who, along with Pope Francis, helped to broker the recent rapprochement between the US and Cuba.