President Obama makes historic trip to Cuba

Mar 21, 2016

President Obama makes historic trip to Cuba

Matt Bracken 0 Comment Nation, The Baltimore Sun Barack Obama, Cuba, Havana

President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge.

: Cuban President Raul Castro delivers a statement alongside U.S. President Barack Obama at the Palacio de la Revolucion in Havana, Cuba, on Monday, March 21, 2016. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)

: People listen as President Barack Obama takes part in an event focused on entrepreneurship and opportunity for the Cuban people at La Cervecera on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama’s visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

: President Barack Obama takes part in an event focused on entrepreneurship and opportunity for the Cuban people at La Cervecera on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama’s visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

: President Barack Obama takes part in an event focused on entrepreneurship and opportunity for the Cuban people at La Cervecera on March 21, 2016 in Havana, Cuba. Mr. Obama’s visit is the first in nearly 90 years for a sitting president, the last one being Calvin Coolidge. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

: Cuban President Raul Castro (right) raises US President Barack Obama’s hand during a meeting at the Revolution Palace in Havana on March 21, 2016. Cuba’s Communist President Raul Castro on Monday stood next to Barack Obama and hailed his opposition to a long-standing economic “blockade,” but said it would need to end before ties are fully normalized. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

: US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro give a joint press conference at the Revolution Palace in Havana on March 21, 2016. Cuba’s Communist President Raul Castro on Monday stood next to Barack Obama and hailed his opposition to a long-standing economic “blockade,” but said it would need to end before ties are fully normalized. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

: US President Barack Obama speaks during an entrepreneurship panel discussion in Havana on March 21, 2016. Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro vowed Monday in Havana to set aside their differences in pursuit of what the US president called a “new day” for the long bitterly divided neighbors. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

: US President Barack Obama speaks during an entrepreneurship panel discussion in Havana on March 21, 2016. Obama and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro vowed Monday in Havana to set aside their differences in pursuit of what the US president called a “new day” for the long bitterly divided neighbors. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

: US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro (second from right) leave after a meeting at the Revolution Palace in Havana on March 21, 2016. On Monday, Castro stood next to Obama and hailed his opposition to a long-standing economic “blockade,” but said it would need to end before ties are fully normalized. (AFP/Getty Images)

: Cuba’s President Raul Casro, left, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama, as they inspect the guard in Revolution Palace, Monday, March 21, 2016. Brushing past profound differences, President Obama and President Castro sat down for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether Obama’s sharp U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

: Local residents shoot cell phone video from their front porch as the convoy carrying U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama arrives at Hemmingway House, in the San Francisco de Paula district of Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Cuba’s President Raul Casro, left, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama, as they inspect the guard in Revolution Palace, Monday, March 21, 2016. Brushing past profound differences, President Obama and President Castro sat down for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether Obama’s sharp U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

: Local residents capture images with their mobile devices, from their front porches as the convoy carrying U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama arrives at Hemmingway House, in the San Francisco de Paula district of Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Girls make a call on a pay phone along the route where U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama will pass on her visit to Hemmingway House, in the San Francisco de Paula district of Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: Local residents look on from a hilltop as police block off a road outside the Hemmingway House, where U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama was visiting, in the San Francisco de Paula district of Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

: U.S. President Barack Obama, left, looks out from the presidential limousine as he departs from Revolution Palace after a meeting with Cuba’s President Raul Castro, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

: Cuba’s President Raul Casro, left, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama, as they inspect the guard in Revolution Palace, Monday, March 21, 2016. Brushing past profound differences, President Obama and President Castro sat down for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether Obama’s sharp U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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