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| AIR FORCE ONE LANDING AT AMBERLEY QUEENSLAND Nov 2014 |
For the first time in 88 years a sitting U.S. president is visiting Cuba. The Obamas landed at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba.
HAVANA —President Obama landed in Cuba Sunday afternoon, a trip that took more than half a century to arrive only 90 miles from U.S. shores. Stepping off Air Force One under drizzling skies, the president held an umbrella over his wife Michelle and greeted several senior Cuban officials.
The Obamas, including the president’s two daughters and his mother-in-law, were welcomed on the tarmac by Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba’s Foreign Minister and Josefina Vidal, the head of the U.S. section of Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, as well as Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the senior U.S. diplomat in Cuba. The official welcoming session will take place Monday morning when Obama meets with Cuban president Raúl Castro at the presidential palace. Obama arrived amid high anticipation and anxiety on the island within both the Communist government and its political opposition. The government hopes the two-day visit will reap benefits without ceding control, while dissidents on the island want it to speed the pace of change.
The Obamas, including the president’s two daughters and his mother-in-law, were welcomed on the tarmac by Bruno Rodriguez, Cuba’s Foreign Minister and Josefina Vidal, the head of the U.S. section of Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, as well as Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the senior U.S. diplomat in Cuba. The official welcoming session will take place Monday morning when Obama meets with Cuban president Raúl Castro at the presidential palace. Obama arrived amid high anticipation and anxiety on the island within both the Communist government and its political opposition. The government hopes the two-day visit will reap benefits without ceding control, while dissidents on the island want it to speed the pace of change.
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