The US President Barack Obama arrives on Sunday afternoon (20) to Cuba, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, on a trip story that aims to seal the rapprochement between the two countries.
In July, US and Cuba resumed their diplomatic relations and opened embassies in their respective territories after several months of negotiations that put an end to more than half a century break. The announcement that the two countries would resume their relationship was made in December last year. Despite the historical rapprochement, the economic embargo imposed on the island is still in force. His survey advocated by Obama, subject to approval by the US Congress.
On Sunday, Obama and his family will visit the old part of the capital and must be received at the Havana Cathedral by Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who supported, along with Pope Francis, the talks for the normalization agreement of the relationship between the US and Cuba.
Obama will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday (21). He has said that talk "directly" with his colleague on the "obstacles" to the exercise of human rights on the island.
. "I fully understand the obstacles that Cubans (...) face to exercise their rights The United States believes that no one - in Cuba, or anywhere else - must face threats, imprisonment, or physical persecution simply for exercising the right universal that their voices are heard, "Obama wrote in a letter published in the Ladies in White organization's website and whose authenticity was confirmed by the White House.
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly in New York (Photo: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
is not provided, however, no meeting with the elder brother of Raul, Fidel Castro away from the government a decade ago.
Also on Monday, the president participates in an event with Cuban and American entrepreneurs on the potential for cooperation between the two countries.
Tuesday will lead a speech to all Cubans through radio and television. "We consider this discourse a unique moment in the history of our two countries," said Ben Rhodes, close adviser to the president, who ran for 18 months, the secret talks with Havana.
After the speech, Obama will meet members of civil society in Cuba, including opponents and human rights activists. "The president will listen to their views, and maintains its intention to listen to the government, entrepreneurs, civil society, the religious leaders, and receive all the different views from inside Cuba, "said Rhodes.
irreversible
The focus of the White House is to establish sufficient ties, despite the economic embargo that Congress refuses for now to be repealed, to hinder a possible retreat the next president of the United States in 2017 want to do.
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