Barack Obama visits Havana’s historic city centre

President Barack Obama touched down in Havana on Sunday, 20 March, making him the first sitting US president to visit Cuba in 88 years. While touring the historic centre of Old Havana on Monday with first lady Michelle Obama, he stopped by the City Museum, where he was greeted by a portrait of Abraham Lincoln placed in the entryway. The president also placed a wreath at the monument to the Cuban writer and nationalist José Martí in Revolution Square.
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