Youths spend the afternoon at Havana’s Malecon, in Cuba, Friday, March 18, 2016.
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A day ahead of Obama’s visit to Cuba, Luis Silvia – known for his character Panfilo – posted a sketch with a guest appearance by the President.
In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge sailed into Havana aboard the U.S.S. Texas, parking the World War I-era battleship at the exact spot where the U.S.S. Maine was sunk during the Spanish-American war 30 years before.
The political leaders will conduct official business as well as sightsee and catch the Tampa Bay Rays game against a Cuban national team.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s adding Cuba to its travel notice for Zika.
Zika is spread though bites from a specific mosquito and is believed to carry particular risk for birth defects.
Pánfilo jokes with the president about long lines at the airport and old-school cars, offering to pick him up and let the president and first lady stay at his house.
In the large house in the Havana neighborhood of Vedado where she lives surrounded by works of art and family memorabilia, Ileana Yarza received the yellow envelope sent by the White House stamped “USA-CUBA Direct”.
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Obama’s visit starting Sunday marks a crowning moment for his ambitious diplomatic experiment with Cuba.
