U.S. President Barack Obama is going to make the opening pitch in the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Team Cuba. Controversial Victor Mesa will be coaching the island’s team. He says that they have the potential to “offer a good game” and “they could even win”.
Rumor has it that popular comedian Luis Silva, who performs the now larger-than-life character of Panfilo, and U.S. President Barack Obama could meet during the official visit to Cuba.
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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.
The first direct U.S. mail service to Cuba in more than 50 years this week included a personal letter from President Obama to a 76-year-old Cuban pen pal.
The United States is removing Cuba from its list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating a major impediment to free flow of ships in the Florida Straits.
In a historic visit, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine plans to travel to Cuba in his official capacity next week, becoming the first head of a Miami-Dade County city to go to the island since the 1959 revolution.