Minute by minute: Follow Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba here

Granma International will be following the official visit of the President of the United States to Cuba
Granma International will be following the official visit of the President of the United States to Cuba
The President of the United States of America, Barack H. Obama, will arrive on an official visit to Cuba this Sunday afternoon
Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to arrive in Havana tomorrow, August 14, to ceremonially open the U.S. embassy in Cuba
Despite still not being able to freely travel to Cuba as tourists, the number of U.S. citizens visiting the island has increased by 54% this year
During the 39th edition of the Festival of Political Song, young Cuban artists once again called for the return of our territory, occupied by the U.S. at the illegal Guantanamo Naval Base
The U.S. State Department notes that for two consecutive years Cuban authorities have reported on efforts undertaken to confront trafficking in persons
U.S. President tours sites of historic and cultural value in Old Havana
The U.S. President was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Ambassador to the U.S. José Ramón Cabañas and the Charge d'affaires of the Embassy of the United States in Havana, Jeffrey DeLaurentis
The two diplomats met and held a joint press conference at the State Department, following the re-opening of Cuba’s embassy in Washington July 20.
Cuba’s International Commerce Bank and the U.S. Stonegate Bank reached the first important financial accord to be signed since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries July 20.
Rodríguez Parrilla insisted that the definitive lifting of the blockade is essential to the normalization of relations, and emphasized that, in the meantime, President Obama can continue using his executive powers to significantly reduce the blockade’s impact.
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