Minute by minute: Barack Obama visit to Cuba
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16:20.-Adce 1 plane, concludes Obama's visit to Cuba.
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16:15.-In moments, the presidential plane that takes Barack Obama, his family and the delegation that accompanied him on this official trip will take off from the José Martí International Airport.
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16:03.-Barack Obama addresses the presidential plane and thus concludes his official visit to Cuba.According to his travel agenda, he will then go to Argentina, where he must meet with his counterpart Mauricio Macri.
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16:03.-Obama and Raúl share some last words before the United States president ends his visit to our country.
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16:02.-Obama greets Cuban Chancellor Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
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16:01.-Obama says goodbye to the United States diplomatic staff in Cuba.
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16:00.-Raul says goodbye to Obama at the José Martí International Airport.
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15:58.-You are at the José Martí Obama International Airport to board the Air Force 1 plane.
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15:30.-Patria is humanity, we remind President Obama
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15:25.-In brief the president of the United States will arrive on the track of Havana International Airport.Thus ends your visit to Cuba.
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15:20.-The Air Force One is already on the track ready to take off.
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14:52.-The president of the United States withdraws from baseball game.The Cuban President accompanies him.
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14:00.-The teams are coming out.The stadium applauds and greets them.
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13:51.-In the stadium, a minute of silence is taken by the victims of the attack in Brussels.
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13:50.-Raul and Obama have just arrived at the stadium and the opening ceremony of this event develops.
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13:45.-John Kerry, US Secretary of State.UU.He arrived at the Latin American stadium to witness the game between Cuba and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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13:02.-Image before the game of Tampa Bay Rays and a selection of the Cuba team at the Latin American stadium.
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13:02.-So see the Latin American stadium minutes before the game begins.
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12:15.-The Latin American will be the stadium where the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and a selection of Cuba will take place.
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11:32.-I.Many peoples feel a lot of hope for the example of Cuba.Martian thought, which is not only Cuban but universal, was always the example.Cuba is a small country but at the same time very large.
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11:31.-Iel Ortega, president of the Council of Iglesias de Cuba, said that our country has been a country of changes, our struggles have been to change and are always based on lifting the poor and peoples.The differences were evidenced in this speech, but he was very clear about sovereignty.
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11:31.-Orlando Gutiérrez: It is not cliché that you cannot advance anymore while the blockade is and the naval base is returned and says Obama that trusts our people, because we also trust our people.
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11:30.-The religious leader said that there are things that Cubans have guaranteed, our health rights, education.I think we were also respectful to hear it and we have to analyze it.We know that we must solve some problems, we know it and we will solve them without anyone having to tell us how we do it.The Cubans have always thought about our head.
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11:30.-Orlando Guitierrez of the Supreme Council of the Abakuá Association said that when he listenedof Latin American peoples and their solidarity.That made possible on December 17.
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11:29.-Elier Ramírez recalled that there are still Radio and TV Martí and, if we are going to talk about sovereignty and waiting77.Nza of the Cubans with their destination, we cannot stop talking about the naval base that is an affront and is imposed by violating international law and a very sensitive issue.I think I should talk about these issues if you want to play clean.
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11:28.-Elier also referred to the way he spoke to the young people and remarked that he cannot fall into enchantment.It is not just persuasion, because there are interference programs and are millionaire figures that are destined in this sense for subversion in Cuba.It should be told that on the issue of human rights we must play clean...The blockade is the main human rights rapist in Cuba.
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11:27.-Elier Ramírez, a researcher of the United States issue said that President Obama still has many executive powers that can put into practice.In this speech, the policy of soft power is evident, speech with ideas that we do not share, although it recognized the work of Cuba in health and education.
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11:26.-Then Obama's words Cuban television collected opinions from those present our destiny is to continue defending our sovereignty and the Cuban revolution, said a representative of the Cuban Women's Federation.
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10:49.-My stay here gives me more hope than we can do together, as a family, friends, neighbors.Yes you can, Obama concluded.
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10:48.-It's time to forget the past, let's look at the future, a future of hope, Obama said.
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10:48.-Obama: Time is needed for circumstances to change, the reconciliation of the people united by blood, there begins progress and future.
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10:47.-Obama: If the Cuban people work together for the future it will be very feasible for young people to achieve a future
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10:46.-Obama: the changes in history are sources of conflict.
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10:45.-Obama: that reconciliation of the Cuban people, between the children and the grandchildren of the revolution and the exiles is essential for the future of Cuba.
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10:44.-Obama: Cubans are Cubans and I met the talent of Cubans in the United States.
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10:43.-he spoke about Cuban emigration and pain and suffering for family separation, and that part of them considers that this is their country.
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10:43.-The people do not have to be defined as an opponent to the USA.UU.Or vice versa and I have faith in the future for reconciliation between the Cuban people, said the US president.
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10:42.-Obama: I know that many issues mentioned do not have the relevance of the past, and that Cuba has the pride of an island nation.
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10:42.-Obama: we will continue to have differences but the negotiations will lead to another sense of unity in the Americas, we are all Americans.
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10:41.-The president of the USA.UU.He talked about the peace process in Colombia and said that cooperation in this and other issues is good for everyone;All in this hemisphere have hope.
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10:40.-he spoke of the joint collaboration of Cuban doctors with Americans in the fight against Ebola.
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10:38.-Obama: He thanked Raúl's presence and pointed out that there is no threat from the United States to Cuba, he hoped that Cuba will continue to play an important role in the continent.
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10:37.-The president of the United States spoke of the electoral campaign in his country and the presence of two Cuban-Americans in the lessons.He acknowledged that there is a lot of money in American politics, that his democracy is not perfect, but he exalted it.
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10:35.-According to Obama in your country, workers have voice.
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10:34.-he spoke of the manifestations of racism upon his father's arrival in the United States, Obama said.
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10:34.-Obama indicates that in your country there are problems of racial discrimination, justice, segregation, but we have an open debate.
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10:33.-The Cubans must understand that I like this debate, this dialogue because it is good, it is healthy, said the president of the United States.
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10:33.-Obama: It is not secret that in these issues, the governments of Cuba and the USA.UU disagree.
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10:32.-Obama: I'm going to tell you what I think, I think all people should have the same weight before the law, I think citizens must have the right to say what they think.
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10:32.-The United States does not have the ability or intention to impose in Cuba, the changes depend on Cubans, we will not impose our political or economic systems, Obama said.
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10:30.-Obama: We are not going to impose our political and economic system, each people must forge their own destiny.
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10:30.-The prosperity in the 21st century depends on education, the care of the environment and an inter -free interior of ideas, says Obama.
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10:29.-Obama: the embargo (blockade) is an obsolete burden on the Cuban people and those who from Undosian states want to come to invest in Cuba.
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10:28.-As president I asked the Congress to lift the embargo (block), he affirms.
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10:28.-The president of the United States refers to workers in the non -state sector with which he found yesterday.
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10:28.-Obama: Cubans can innovate and adapt, without losing their identity.
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10:27.-We have seen that these accounts may have successes keeping their cubania, says Obama.
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10:27.-Obama acknowledges that Cuba has an extraordinary resource: the education system.
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10:27.-Aquí in Havana we see talent in the propistants, in the cooperatives, in the "almendrones"...The Cuban invents air.
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10:26.-I have hope because the Cuban people are as innovative as any other, the great asset of the country is the people.
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10:26.-It is not a policy only to normalize relations with the US government, relations with the Cuban people are being restored.
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10:26.-To I want to share with you my vision of what the future can be, that they understand why they should have hope.
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10:25.-I think in the Cuban town.
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10:25.-We don't have to be afraid of changes, we have to welcome them, Obama says.
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10:25.-These changes were very welcome, although there are still those who oppose these policies, there are people who ask why now, a simple answer, what the United States was doing.A cold war makes no sense in the 21st century.
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10:24.-From then we have established diplomatic relations, open embassies, we have started collaboration in health, agriculture, flights, mail services have been approved.
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10:24.-Re spite of the differences, on December 17, Raúl and I announced the beginning of the restoration of relations between the two countries, Obama said.
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10:23.-We cannot ignore the differences of how we organize our economy and societies governments.
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10:23.-Our villages have the same values in the sense of patriotism and pride, love for family, children, a commitment to education and our grandchildren will see that this period of isolation was in a period of aberration.
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10:22.-Millions of our people have a common religion.Speak Obama of the Virgin of Chapter Charity.
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10:22.-Our villages continued sharing this passions, in Miami, Havana, there are places to dance the sauce, the cha cha.
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10:21.-Obama: It is said that Mohamed Alí said he could not fight with the Cuban boxers because he could only reach a great tie with Teófilo Stevenson.
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10:20.-We share a national sport: the ball, and today our players will share the land.
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10:20.-Helled Carlos J's work.Finlay who facilitated the work of generations of doctors and scientists in the United States.
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10:19.-Cuba, like the United States, was built by slaves brought from Africa, we both welcomed immigrants.
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10:19.-We have to recognize the points we share because Cuba and the United States are sibling towns that have been separated for many years.
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10:18.-The differences between our peoples are real, but there are points in common.
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10:18.-Vine extending the hand of friendship to the Cuban people.Obama says.
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10:17.-Vine here to leave behind the last vestiges of the Cold War in America
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10:17.-Credled the times of the October crisis and said of the decades of confrontation between Cuba and the United States.
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10:17.-The Cuban revolution was held the same year that my father went to the United States of Kenya, the events of Playa Girón was in the year I was born.
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10:16.-Obama spoke of Cuban emigrants who went to look for other opportunities to the United States.
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10:16.-The Havana is only 90 miles from Florida.He talked about the barriers overcome: of history, ideology, pain and separation ... says Obama.
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10:16.-The president continues to say that today as president offers the Cuban people the peace of peace.
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10:16.-Cultive a white rose like this begins Obama ... to say that Martí made an offering of peace and friendship both to his friends and his enemies.
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10:15.-The President Obama thanked President Raúl and the Cuban people for the hot welcome to him, his family and his delegation.An honor to be here today.
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10:15.-Obama comments on the attacks that occurred in Brussels and condemns these attacks against the innocents.
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10:15.-Obama begins his speech at the Great Theater Alicia Alonso.
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10:14.-Barack Obama makes entrance to the stand to go to representatives of Cuban civil society.
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10:14.-The present at the Great Theater, standing, applaud Cuban President Raúl Castro.
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10:14.-As also present Esteban Lazo, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Salvador Valdés Mesa, Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, among other Cuban leaders.
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10:10.-Obama makes its entrance to the Great Theater Alicia Alonso where a repressure of Cuban civil society hopes to listen to your speech.
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10:06.-Obama arrived at the Great Theater and greeted Cuban President Raúl and the cousin Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso.
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09:56.-From this place, the president of the United States will speak to Cuban civil society.
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09:53.-You begin to get to the Great Theater Alicia Alonso who will witness the speech of President Barack Obama.
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09:45.-In the last day of Obama's visit to our country, Cuba and Raúl labels are trends in social networks.
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09:30.-Continúa President Obama's visit to Cuba.This morning he will go to representatives of Cuban civil society from the Great Theater Alicia Alonso and in the afternoon he must participate in the baseball game between a selection of Cuba and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Monday, March 21, 2016
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18:50.-Well House Press Conference from Havana: Ben Rhodes, National Security Viceasesor, says Cubans place the issue of Guantanamo as a violation of their national sovereignty.The theme comes out in all contacts between both parties, he refers."We are not afraid to hold that debate".
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18:25.-Nubers' White House Conference from Havana: Brian Chesky, Airbnb CEO, the leading company in the Internet accommodation service globally, says that they have 4,000 spaces enabled in Cuba and expect that this only thebeginning.
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18:22.-Subference of the White House from Havana: “The correct policy in the right time,” says Carlos Gutiérrez, the Cuban American who served as Secretary of Commerce of Republican George Bush, regarding the change in the strategy of the Democratic Administration of the Democratic Administration ofBarack Obama to Cuba.
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18:20.-Gutiérrez caught attention to the fact that this is the only country in the world to which US citizens cannot come to do tourism.That has to change, he said.
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18:19.-Then the activities of the day Carlos Gutiérrez, president of the United States-Cuba Business Council of the North American Chamber of Commerce, offered statements about the meeting with entrepreneurs.He said that despite differences in issues such as human rights, there is a willingness to work together.He said that American companies are coming to Cuba and recommended that they continue doing it.
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17:27.-Obama concluded his intervention in the forum saying that he does not hesitate that the collaboration between our country can be excellent.
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17:26.-I think we are at the time we have to examine new ideas, says Obama.
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17:25.-You have to try something new, you have to change and that applies to what Cuba does and what the United States does, Obama also says.
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17:24.-Obama said that the Cuban economy must change and take the best world experiences.That despite mutual distrust among countries for so many years of enmity, you can work internationally without any imposing conditions on Cubans.
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17:23.-Obama replies that in the 21st century in a global economy, so that Cuba grows has to connect with that world economy.
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17:22.-The journalist asks what will change to Cuba in the coming years and responds Obama who believes that his young people will be to ensure and expand the Cuban economy.
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17:21.-Obama said that with the changes that are being made and the assistance of other entrepreneurs for the training of the new Cuban principals, we can advance these issues.
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17:20.-Obama explains that their daughters if they go anywhere do not carry books or maps, everything is on the phone and that applies to young people from other parts of the world.As you are more visitors to Cuba I think the potential will be huge.
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17:19.-As Obama's question, Indira answers that the three would be useful to boost their business.
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17:18.-Obama asks how the United States could help you, if you need capital, Internet access, training...
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17:17.-As for his challenges, Indira says he wants to be the guide of Cuba and have thousands and thousands of active profiles in their application.
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17:16.-Iindhira Sotillo Fernández, founder of Islanter, explained her project that is an application, a business guide for the entire state and private sector, from restaurants, cafeteria, beauty salons...
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17:15.-Obama said that regardless of the positions of each country, combating diseases is the most important.
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17:15.-Obama: if there is a possible line of research in Cuba can spread more quickly worldwide.For example, we are collaborating on issues such as Zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes
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17:13.-Obama said that knowledge is something that has to be shared to be able to progress in science.It is important to share the possibility and skills to validate hypotheses.Political problems and differences do not matter, diseases are the same.
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17:12.-Obama replied that together with the Cuban government, more scientific collaborations in the medical field can be developed over time.
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17:10.-In these areas mentioned the new vaccines that are prolonging and improve the quality of life of patients.The doctor added that Cuba and the United States could collaborate in academic services, clinical trials on cancer, pharmaceutical industry...
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17:09.-She also referred to the development of community genetics and genetics.The doctor also expressed the willingness to establish cooperation lines with the United States.
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17:08.-The doctor also expressed the possibility of being able to collaborate with ALBA countries in a project aimed at people with disabilities.
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17:07.-In the area of medical collaboration there are several lines, said the Cuban specialist.He remembered the Cuban experience in combating Ebola and other lines of work such as Operation Milagro
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17:06.-Lilian, doctor in Medical Sciences, shares with Obama her experience and the opportunity to share international medical collaboration
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17:05.-The US president referred to the interest in his country on organic crops.He said that the change in relationships will not happen in 24 hours, but we hope to send some type of teams in the future, he added.
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17:02.-Obama replies that the US Secretary of Agriculture.UU.It is in Cuba as part of the delegation and has met with representatives of the Cuban government to accelerate coperation between farmers in both countries.
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17:01.-Many of resources do not arrive or arrive late because of the causes you know, that they have to arrive through other countries, Abelardo tells Obama.
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five pm.-In for equipment, we need irrigation machinery, because the machinery is very old and it is difficult to buy the pieces, says Abelardo.
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16:59.-Abelar said they have several crops.They stand out in potato, banana and sweet potato productions and in the case of high carrot producers and others.
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16:58.-Obama asks your best product, the one that is best sold and the equipment you need.
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16:57.-Abelaro Álvarez Silva, is the president of the Cooperative of Credits and Services of Small Farmers, is a peasant who enjoys autonomy in his management, with 182 associates.It has 638 hectares several areas of various crops.The director of the Cooperative says that they also produce for social consumption, direct sale to the population and for hotel facilities.They serve the woman, maternal homes and this makes a positive impact.
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16:56.-Obama comments on Business Forum the business possibilities in Cuba through the experiences of visitors, but this could be extended with the use of the Internet.
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16:55.-Brian: Cubans open their houses to the United States, because they are interested in friendship between peoples
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16:54.-Brian founder of RPIB, thanked being there and being able to talk about another type of diplomacy, from person to person, through people who come and stay in private homes.They are people who come with 50 years of questions and only three days to answer them.An interesting experience.
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16:53.-From the Business Meeting: Obama highlights the quality of Cuban health personnel and the service sale model, which Cuba applies.He did not mention that a policy is still in force that drives the defections of doctors who meet mission abroad.
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16:52.-Cuba has outstanding professionals, doctors, sick, they are exports from Cuba, because they are highly qualified worldwide and this type of services can be sold ... This could also be taken to fashion, engineering or other branches, says Obama.
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16:52.-The intellectual analysis products, not only material, are fundamental to the economy says Obama.
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16:52.-Obama asked Idania where you can buy your items and gave you the reason that young people are not restricted to traditional imports.
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16:51.-Inte the question about what Cuban entrepreneurs need ideania says that what they need are information about regulations and what happens with imports, exports and if Cubans can sell their products in the United States
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16:50.-We tried to establish the production chain, eat and sale, but above all modify the concept of Cuban souvenir, according to ideas.
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16:50.-The next to intervene is the ideal of the river, graphic designer was part of an intermbio in the United States.She is the founder of clandestina, a design brand that aims to establish the work of young designers.
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16:49.-There are the type of initiatives that will be used to create new habits in the people, says Obama.
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16: 49-Obama talked about his exchange with Raúl regarding the payment of taxes and the aim account.
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16:48.-We want the account to generate greater capacity for small businesses to grow, said the president of the United States.
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16:48.-In the United States, barbers begin with a chair, then they have five and win clientele and thus see a large number of companies that grow even if they have started very small, Obama said.
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16:48.-Obama replies that in the United States a hairdresser is the center of a community and congratulates Gilberto for the entrepreneurship of his company.
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16:47.-Obama congratulated Gilberto (Papito) because "I know that my barber is very important for me and I think that if my lady has to choose between her hairdresser and I don't know who wins the battle".
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16:47.-With the new counts projects, specifically the alley of the hairdressers, a dynamic of chain of economic and social benefit has been promoted, said Gilberto.
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16:46.-Gilberto: We give much importance to the issue of social values.We have a project for those who want to learn the trade of hairdressing.Today we have ten deaf girls learning this trade.
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16:45.-There.
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16:45.-I always say that the historical moment of compromising the private sector with society is today, says Gilberto.
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16:45.-Gilberto Valladares, a hairdresser, shares his vision of the Obama account with Obama.
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16:44.-We want to give Cuban businessmen a chance, the president of the United States concluded his intervention, before opening the exchange moderate by the journalist Soraya Obrian, Cuban American.
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16:43.-We think in the Cuban people, in artists, we believe in merchants who say that the most important thing about Cubans is perseverance and optimism, said the president of the United States.
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16:42.-Obama says that several US companies.UU.They want to support students to develop their knowledge of computing.
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16:41.-The new technology is here and we want to bring it to Cuba, the United States wants to help them take off, Obama said.
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16:40.-Obama reported that María Contreras will direct a delegation in Cuba for a greater link with Cuban businessmen.
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16:39.-We are announcing some commitments today, we will receive 15 entrepreneurs in the United States to receive training to start their companies, said the US president.UU.
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16:38.-A of the ways of helping Cubans are that the Congress lifts the embargo (blocking) once and for all.
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16:37.-If we have the possibility of offering opportunities to Cubans, they will have successes.And I mean that the United States wants to be their partner, companies come to have different agreements.
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16:36.-Who can keep the almonds working?, Jokes Obama in his speech when referring to the ingenuity of the Cubans and their creativity.
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16:36.-We know that all companies in the world flourish when they have good conditions.I am trusting in your potential because you have many advantages, the commitment to education, the high level of literacy, are some of them, added Obama.
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16:35.-You have to help entrepreneurs to have the resources they need, because it may be very difficult to start in a company.Today we are talking about the challenges that cool as entrepreneurs in Cuba.We are encouraging the spirit of small entrepreneurs because in the economic future of Cuba it will be creating more work and there will be a growing middle class, Obama said.
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16:33.-The president of the United States referred to the fact that companies that begin small can become successful companies, and that is what we are encouraging today.
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16:32.-The Cuban economy has begun to change and a new generation of entrepreneurs has emerged, says Obama when heading to the public forum for forum.
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16: 30-Obama said that many of those present in the forum are storyteller, with their restaurants, coffee shops, hairdressers.He praised the food he enjoyed with his family last night when he was on a Cuban palate.
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16:29.-Cuban entrepreneurship was.
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16:28.-The Cuban government has adopted many reforms and Cuba is welcoming Northa E -businessmen, says Obama.
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16:26.-I'm not here to give a speech, I will do it tomorrow, the president of the United States said in the initial minutes.
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16:25.-President Barack Obama to the Business Forum that takes place in the old wood and tobacco warehouse, in Havana Vieja.
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16:20.-Raúl Castro is a trend on Twitter.
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16:12.-With these words, your Pritzker intervention concluded.
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16:12.-I think the desire to innovate can be a common issue among our nations.Together we can write a new chapter in our relationships and in economic links.
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16:10.-We work for the good of the Cuban people, says the Secretary of Commerce who adds that our policy is to build "future".
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16:08.-Fuere of the United States we have representation in almost everyone, as Secretary of Commerce I have had the opportunity to know how each country works, its rules.
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16:07.-The Obama Administration has proposed to connect both nations and offer access to the markets of all countries, said Pritzker.
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16:06.-The secretary states that creating business opportunities between the two countries is a challenge.We can unite history, and knowledge in pursuit of development, says the official.
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16:04.-I will speak at this time the US Secretary of Commerce.UU.Penny Pritzker.
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16:03.-We are not perfect, but we have freely chosen our path.We have problems in the economy, but I have no doubt that only with the total elimination of the blockade we can exploit our potential for the benefit of the people, added Malmierca.
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16:02.-Malmierca points out that human capital formed by the revolution is the most valuable thing in our process.
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16:01.-Malmierca offered the Forum to President Obama and emphasized that the opportunities offered by the Cuban market does not make any type distinctions.
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16:00.-They have continued in the process of separating state and non -state functions, promising negotiations have occurred, the first projects in the ZEDM have been authorized.We are accessing external facilities.Cuba has gradually recovering its financial prestige, said the Cuban minister.
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15:58.-Cuba continues the process of updating its economic model, an analysis of the process will be made in the next party Congress, said Malmierca.
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15:55.-The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, intervenes in the United States Cuba Business Forum that takes place in Havana Vieja.
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15:47.-From the Business Meeting: I think there is a will of both parties to solve the problems, Daniel Schulman, CEO of the online payments in the United States, PayPal, told Granma, which was fined last year for almost eight million dollars toCause of handling Cuban accounts."We are on the crest of a new wave".From the business meeting: Schulman adds that, among other things, his company can make the sending of remittances from North American territory to Cuba faster and less expensive."But we still need to understand exactly what spaces have been opened for us".
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15:45.-From the Business Meeting: Cuba is totally open to trade with the United States, Aurelio Mollyda, general director of the Business Group of Foreign Trade (GECOMEX) created on June 25, 2013 told GranMa.."It remains on your side lift the restrictions that are still standing".
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15:44.-From the Business Meeting: Víctor Manuel, who directs a cell phone business in Havana called Promór.
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15:42.-From the business meeting: once the United States market opens, we will be able to export all the first quality rum that is needed, says Juan González, president of Cuba Ron.
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15:40.-Granma returns to report what happens in the business forum
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15:10.-Obama said goodbye to Raúl and left the Palace of the Revolution.
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14:51.-Baul says that you can list dozens of human rights in Cuba, it is not fair, it is not correct that these be taken as a reason for political confrontation.
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14:51.-Raul questioned the reality that by an equal job a man wins more than a woman just for this being a woman, because in Cuba the woman wins the same as the man does the same job.
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14:50.-In Cuba all children are born in hospitals and that same day they are registered, said Raúl.
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14:50.-Baul asked that if free teaching and medical care is not an important right, and that Cuba complies with them
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14:50.-Raul: Cuba meets 47 human rights of the 61 section that are measured in this regard.
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14:50.-Raul answered a question about human rights with a question: how many countries in the world comply with the 61 human and civil rights, which country fulfills them all.Neither.Human rights cannot be politicized.
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14:48.-The US president added that if Cubans and Americans know each other and learn from each other, in that context I think the change will occur.
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14:47.-Obama: no changes can be imposed on any country, they have to come from within, that will be a strategy that will be more useful.
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14:47.-The US president puts progress examples in telecommunications and agriculture and says we have to take advantage of what we have done.
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14:47.-Obama: there are things that will be useful to accelerate the elimination of the embargo (blocking), provided that we can take advantage of the existing modifications and I see that there are changes, I will continue making adjustments in the politics.
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14:46.-What we did through half a century was not good for our interests or for those of the Cuban government and if it does not work it makes sense to try something new, added the US president.UU.
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14:46.-Obama responds that the embargo will conclude.When?I still do not know, but I think it will conclude and the path we are continuing will continue after I conclude my mandate.
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14:46.-Obama asked if one thinks that they have advanced enough to make these changes permanent and not be reversed by the next president.
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14:45.-The Congress is not as productive as I wish on this issue, said the president of the United States, but we have a great representation of Democrats in Congress and could influence the decision to eliminate the embargo.
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14:45.-Obama also said that he aspires to be done before his mandate ends.
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14:45.-We think it's an area where we can improve, added Obama.The list of issues that we can do at the administrative level every day is shorter and what remains depends on the changes made by Congress.
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14:45.-Accanly of the blockade and the steps that the United States government can still take on this issue to eliminate it, Obama explained that at the administrative level we have already made several modifications and we have been quite aggressive to be able to have the greatest flexibility, since the law does nothas been eliminated by Congress.Maybe there are technical aspects that can be adjusted.
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14:44.-The Cuban TV journalist also asked about other things that the president of the United States can do.
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14:43.-Raul replied that they have advanced and also added that he was expressed in the words of President Obama and his own
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14:42.-Boris Cuban TV sources said Raúl has said that we must learn to live civilly with our differences, and asked the Cuban presidnete to expand this concept in the current context
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14:41.-It does not prefer Clinton or Trump, Raúl said he is not American and therefore can't vote.
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14:41.-Raul responds to the international press about whether there are Cuban political prisoners.He states that if they have a list, if they have the names, to be given them and that before the end the day they will be released.If you can make a list, insisted.
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14:40.-One of the impediments to strengthen these links are the disagreements between human rights and democracy, so you have to sit down to talk about these issues, says Obama.
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14:40.-Obama: I liked Raúl's comment when he indicated that there are still things that must improve for the relationships between both nations.
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14:40.-Obama said that we should not be immune or be afraid of criticism in any debate that is constructive.
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14:40.-Obama refers to the fact that the Cuban president has pointed out that he does not disagree with him with the issues he considers as human rights: health, education, attention to the elderly.
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14:39.-The objective of the human rights dialogue is not to dictate to Cuba how we should be governed but that we have a frank conversation and that we can learn from each other, said the president of the United States.
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14:38.-The human impulse to freedom is a universal desire, says Obama.
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14:38.-Obama: we do not see Cuba as a threat to the United States and we are writing a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
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14:38.-In response to several questions President Obama said that we have two different systems of governments and two different economies and two decades of deep differences.He said we are moving forward, we do not return backwards.
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14:38.-We don't have to swim in the midst of sharks and as they say in Cuba we can throw pa 'lante and we will continue advancing despite the difficulties, Obama said.
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14:38.-Obama thanked Raul again for the reception and indicates that more and more companies, schools and religious groups in Cuba and the United States are working together.
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14:37.-Obama, in addition to cooperation in national security and against drug trafficking, as well as the peace process in Colombia.
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14:37.-The US president invited Cuba to join that he comes to the World Energy Summit that will be held in Washington.
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14:37.-Of professionals will cooperate in cancer research and what has to do with the Zika virus, Obama said.
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14:36.-We are advanced in negotiations in the areas of science, health and environment.
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14:36.-Obama talked about the arrival of the Rolling Stones and said they are excited about the ball game tomorrow.
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14:36.-The US president also referred to the development of Internet access.We are advanced with the decision to connect to Cuba to the Internet, help Cubans innovate and in the area of telecommunications, he said.
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14:35.-Obama said that with this visit, cooperation agreements are made in agriculture and that this afternoon will talk about new commercial agreements.
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14:35.-We do with approval the decision to put an end to the tax of 10 percent of the dollar, said the US president.UU.
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14:34.-A growing number of Americans travel to Cuba and start direct commercial flights this year, added Obama.
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14:34.-The president of the United States talked about the opportunities that have opened to Americans to travel to Cuba.
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14:33.-Obama said that despite the differences we can advance.
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14:32.-The mutual respect is necessary so that we can work well and improve the lives of our peoples, we must talk about the differences directly, said the US president.UU.
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14:32.-Our next human rights dialogues will be in Havana said Obama.
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14:31.-Obama: It is clear that the United States will continue to defend democracy and the right of Cubans to defend their future.
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14:30.-Obama: The fate of Cuba will not be decided even by the US.UU.Not for another country, the future of Cuba is sovereign and will be decided by Cubans and no one else.
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14:29.-After more than 5 decades, relations between our governments will not be developed overnight, said the president of the United States.
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14:28.-Obama thanked Raúl the Opening Spirit.It is a moment that is full of emotion, it is a moment of new hope for the future, he said.
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14:27.-The US president explained that a group of business leaders and entrepreneurs who seek new business opportunities are added to his visit.He also pointed out that many Cuban Americans come on the trip.
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14:26.-Obama added that he ate the excellent Cuban food and remembered part of his tour of Havana Vieja.He said he expressed his gratitude to Jaime Ortega for his participation in the process of restoration of relationships.
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14:25.-Obama got out of his dictus inrially.Then he pointed out that although his daughters do not always want to accompany him on his trips this time they did.He said that he and his wife wanted to teach him the beauty of Cuba and the Cubans.We are excited to see the reception they gave us.
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14:23.-The president of the United States Barack Obama explains that for more than half a century to see a president of the United States here was unthinkable, but this is a new day.
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14:23.-Thanks to the people of Cuba and the Government gave Obama at the beginning of his statement.
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14:22.-Raul reiterated thanks to Obama for his visit and the will of the government to remain advanced for the good of our peoples and countries.
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14:21.-The August 30, 2014 under the chords of the hymns of both countries, the swimmer, Diana Nyad, with the order to sports merit was awarded and that confirms that if she could then we can also.
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14:20.-Det a bridge is easy and it takes a little time.Rebuilding it solidly is a much longer and longer task, Raúl said.
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14:20.-The important thing is that we have begun to take steps, to build a new type relationship like the one that has never existed between Cuba and the United States, said Raúl.
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14:19.-Promover beneficial links for both countries and peoples, and concentrate on what brings us closer and not in what separates us, is the key in the construction of new relations between the two countries, said Raúl.
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14:18.-Cambiating everything that should be changed is a sovereign and exclusive issue of Cubans, the revolutionary government has the willingness to advance in the normalization of the convinced relations that both countries can coexist and cooperate above the differences
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14:17.-Raul recalled that on December 17 when the decision was announced to restore diplomatic relations, he said that we must learn the art of living in a civilized way respecting our differences.
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14:16.-We define human rights: we do not conceive that a government does not defend the right to health, education, children's rights, the right to work ...
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14:15.-The Cuban president expresses that there are deep differences that will not disappear because we have different conceptions in many issues such as democracy, the exercise of human rights, social justice, peace and world stability.
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14:14.-Raul: other policies should be suppressed to expand relations between the two countries, but it should not be pretended that the Cuban people give up the destiny of freedom that they have chosen
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14:13.-To advance in normalization, it will also be necessary to return the territory illegally occupied by the Naval Base of Guantanamo, Raúl says.
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14:12.-The elimination of blockage is essential for diplomatic relations between the two countries, says Raúl before the press.
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14:11.-The dismantling of the blockade is essential because it continues in force and has intimidating effects of extraterritorial scope, says Raúl.
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14:10.-Raul says that Obama's measures are positive but not enough, and that others could be applied to make an important contribution to lifting the blockade
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14:09.-I could be done more if it was leaving the blockade, Raúl said and recognized the position of Obama and his government
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14:08.-Raul explains at a press conference that some have materialized especially in the area of telecommunications, the negotiation is also advanced for the purchase of medical equipment and for the protection of the environment
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14:07.-Cooperation tied to combat diseases such as Zika and Cancer, a beneficial cooperation for our peoples and those of the hemisphere.
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14:06.-Cutually negotiated to cooperate in the spheres of the confrontation of drug trafficking, traveler safety and health, says Raúl
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14:05.-Raul also mentioned the signature of a sane to restore regular flights and listed other signed understanding documents
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14:04.-The Cuban president Raúl Castro expresses that in the 15 months after the announcement of the restoration of relationships, concrete results have been obtained such as the restoration of postal mail
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14:02.-Raúl Castro expresses that we are pleased to receive it in the first 88 -year -old girl from the United States president to travel to Cuba.
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14:00.-She the Joint Declaration of Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, after his official meeting at the Palacio de la Revolución.
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13:45.-The waiting for the statements of the presidents of Cuba and the United States.
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13:40.-Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, spoke today with young Cuban students about educational experiences here on the island, as part of the official visit made by President Barack Obama to Cuba.
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13:38.-Finalizes the business forum between Cuba and the United States.
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13:37.-The CEO of the FUBU company, Daymond John asks about the limitations of small businesses dedicated to the computer business.In this regard, explains the young computer scientist Víctor Montana who in that sector costs work to access the support, have direct communication with engineers such as Apple, for example, but as Cubans are looking for alternatives.It would be much easier to access those supports.
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13:30.-Ana Teresa Igarza director of the ZEDM intervenes in the forum again and explains that this project is a challenge because nobody invests capital in a state that is not theirs if there is no trust.Technology also plays a fundamental role.We have been preparing our staff, assures.In total there are 13 projects approved in the ZEDM and the majority of the work force is used is Cuban because the foreign part recognizes the capacity of Cuban personnel.
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13:26.-The CEO of the FUBU company, Daymond John, is driving the Forodebate and ask the questions.
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13:25.-Foro: Víctor Lazo Montana now intervenes on behalf of a group of young Cubans who have decided to start doing private business and are part of the newly created Union of Computer Sciences of Cuba.
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13:24.-Raul and Obama shake their hands at the end of the official conversations in the Palace of the Revolution.
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13:20.-Biocubafarma is a Cuban business group founded on November 27, 2012 by the Council of Ministers of Cuba with the aim of producing high -tech equipment, equipment and services for the improvement of the health of the Cuban people and the generation of goods and servicesexportable.
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13:18.-The CEO of the FUBU company, Daymond John presents Northis Arteaga Head of Biocubafarma Business Department.
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13:17.-It is a passenger transportation cooperative on the main routes of Havana.
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13:16.-The CEO of Fubu now presents the president of a cooperative located in the west of the Cuban capital.
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13:14.-The CEO of the Fubu company, Daymond John gives the floor to the director of the Special Development Zone Mariel, Ana Teresa Igarza, who explains the business opportunities offered by Cuba.
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13:09.-This company was founded in 1992 and is dedicated to the American sportswear business and American hip hop business.It also includes a collection of costumes.
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13:06.-In these moments the CEO company Fubu, Daymond John speaks.
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13:05.-"You have great ideas.We have many things to do but we are sure that we will advance in this relationship.This marks the restart of a beautiful relationship, we have an unlimited potential that we must exploit, he said.
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13:03.-In Cuba there is talent to offer.We understand the effort they are making towards a movement of entrepreneurship and we are here to celebrate this venture, says Contreras at the moment.
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13:02.-Sistently the president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, Orlando Hernández Guillén intervened.
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13: 01- María Contreras Sweet director of small and medium-sized companies in the United States intervenes in the business forum.
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13:00.-Now it has just opened the business forum between Cuba and the United States at the headquarters of the old wood and tobacco warehouse.
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11:48.-Cuba is a trend in social networks.
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11:45.-“It is a great honor to pay tribute to José Martí, who gave his life for the independence of his homeland.His passion for freedom, independence and self -determination lives today in the Cuban people, ”Obama wrote in the José Martí Memorial visitors.
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11:40.-The building of the Palace of the Revolution, place of the meeting between Raúl and Obama, dates from the Republican stage, when the then President Carlos Prío ordered its construction to be the headquarters of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office.
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11:20.-International Sites such as El Mundo, Russia Today, El País, La Jornada and Telesur stand out on its web cover the historic encounter between Raúl Castro and Barack Obama.
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11:10.-Now the conversations between both presidents take place.This becomes the third meeting between the presidents of the United States and Cuba, after more than half a century of differences.
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11:07.-Now Raúl presents Obama the members of the Cuban delegation, including Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly, Miguel Díaz-Canel, first vice president of the State Councils and Ministers and other members of the State Directorate and the Government in the country.
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11:05.-The president of the United States, Barack Obama, presents Army General Raúl Castro, president of the State Councils and Ministers, the members of the delegation that accompany him on this visit.
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11:00.-Obama greets the music band that was at the reception ceremony and goes to the place where official conversations will be made.
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10:58.-Say the official reception by Cuban President Raúl Castro to the president Barack Obama in the Palace of the Revolution.The Honor Guard presents weapons and the notes are heard the national hymns of Cuba and the United States.
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10:55.-Barack Obama talks with Cuban vice president Salvador Mesa on the way to the staircase of the Palace of the Revolution.
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10:52.-The Palace of the Revolution is the building that serves as the headquarters of the Cuban Government (State Council and Council of Ministers) and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.This building is the main building within the complex Plaza de la Revolución, located in the Cuban capital.
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10:50.-The President Barack Obama talks with the director of the José Martí Memorial, Haydée Díaz.Then he goes to the Palace of the Revolution.
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10:47.-The president of the United States, travels the rooms of the José Martí Memorial and in one of them is the exhibition with images of the Cuban Revolution that treasure the Archives of Granma, with which the 50 years of founded the newspaper El Diario are celebrated.Obama leaves in the book of the Memorial visitor his impressions of the visit.
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10:45.-“Let's imitate.Not!"Let us know.".Not!"It's good, they tell us.Is American, we say.—We think, because we need to create.Our life does not resemble his, nor should he at many points resemble.The sensitivity between us is very vehement.Intelligence is less positive, customs are purest. How with equal laws we will govern two different peoples? ”: Martí said over the United States.
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10:41.-Martí said: “It is necessary that the truth of the United States be known in our America.Neither should their faults of purpose be exaggerated, by the pruritus to deny them all virtue, nor have they to hide their faults, or proclaim them as virtues ”.
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10:40.-From the highest memorial site, the capital of Cuba can be seen throughout its magnitude, and on the floor, through the cardinal points, the visitor can know curious data such as that, at that time, it is located, to the north,110 022 km from Jerusalem, to the south, 4,655 km from La Paz, Bolivia, to the east, 7 454 km from Madrid, Spain and west at 1,782 km from Mexico City.
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10:38.-Obama walks through the exteriors of the memorial.Subsequently, you must take a tour of the facilities.
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10:35.-The President Barack Obama visits the José Martí Memorial, in tribute to the national hero who from the United States united will and prepared the necessary war, where he also founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party, Genesis of the Communist Party of Cuba.
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10:33.-And the flags of Cuba and the United States and a white rose is heard as the floral offering that President Obama will put in honor of the National Hero of Cuba is approaching.
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10:32.-The Josefina Vidal and John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States are also present at the Josefina Vidal and John Kerry.UU.
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10:31.-The notes of the national hymns of Cuba and the United States are heard at the base of the José Martí Memorial.
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10:30.-Salvador Valdés Mesa and José Ramón Cabaña accompany Barack Obama.
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10:29.-Barack Obama arrives at the national hero José Martí.
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10:28.-In the Plaza de la Revolution, everything is ready to start the floral offering placement ceremony against the National Hero Jose Martí hero, in the Plaza de la Revolución.
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10:25.-The memorial, in star form, is a historic-cultural center of five rooms, the first two dedicated to disseminating the life and work of José Martí.The third, exposes images and documents related to the construction of the square;The fourth room is the theater and the fifth space serves transient exhibitions.
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10:00.-José Carlos Rodríguez Ruiz, Director of Communication and Image of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba confirms on his Twitter account the meeting of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla and John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States.
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09:55.-In the press room of the Habana Libre Hotel are already the journalists of Granma to report everything related to Barack Obama's visit to Cuba on this Monday day.
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09:45.-The José Martí Memorial of the Plaza de la Revolución is the largest monument dedicated to the National Hero of Cuba and was inaugurated by the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro on January 27, 1996.
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09:15.-Program of the official visit of the president of the United States Barack Obama for today Monday, March 21, 2016
10:25 hrs.Floral offering placement ceremony against the National Hero Jose Martí hero, in the Plaza de la Revolución.
10:30 hrs.Visit to the Memorial "José Martí".
11:00 hrs.Arrival at the Palace of the Revolution.
11:15 hrs.Official Reception Ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution.Subsequent conversations.
14:00 hrs.Declaration to the press of the presidents of Cuba and the United States.
4:00 p.m..Participation in the Cuba-United States Business Forum.
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20:50.-John Kerry, US Secretary of State.UU.In his Twitter account he announces that he is back to Havana, this time, accompanying President Barack Obama.
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18:40.-In the restoration work of Old Havana, the recovery of the fortifications of the three kings of the Morro and San Carlos de la Cabaña constituted a titanic work that gave the city a monumental park, rich in history and traditions, headquarters ofCrowd cultural events.
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18:34.-Jaime Ortega, who accompanies Obama in his tour, is also a advisor to the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and also belongs to the congregations for the clergy and for the sanitary pastoral of the Holy See.
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18:33.-The President Obama meets Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who receives it in the Cathedral of Havana.
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18:32.-Barack Obama is located in the Plaza de la Cathedral.This cathedral has several relics and tabernacies and inside there are several tombs of illustrious characters in the city and Cuba.It is surrounded by the square that bears his name, which houses the mansions of the colonial habanera nobility.
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18:30.-Obama, in the rain, arrives at the Cathedral of Havana.
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18:18.-Obama visits the interior of the general captains' palace where he admires a picture of Abraham Lincoln.
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18:16.-This Palace was the place of 65 general captains sent by Spain to govern Cuba as well as the United States administrator enclosure during the intervention from 1898 to 1902;And as it was already customary, it served during the Republic of Presidential Palace until 1920.
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18:15.-Palacio de los Capitas General.City Museum located in Old Havana;The work of greatest architectural importance of all baroque development in Cuba is considered.This palace was built near the former Cathedral of Havana.Its construction began in 1776.
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18:12.-The Historic Center of Havana Vieja was declared a National Monument in 1978.Restoration plans began in 1981, and a year later it was included in the World Heritage List.
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18:10.-This tour of Havana Vieja is part of the activities of the official visit that will run until day 22.
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18:07.-Eusebio Leal, historian of the city accompanies Barack Obama and his delegation for the tour of Havana Vieja.
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18:05.-Bean the rain, Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife and daughters, is already in the Plaza de Armas.
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17:50.-The president of the United States reached the embassy of his country in Havana for exchange with officials of that diplomatic headquarters.
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17:45.-CNN in Spanish says in its digital version: “For many it is the sign of the new times.Something unimaginable just a few years ago: a president of the United States visits Cuba, for the first time in almost a century ”.
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17:40.-Cuba is first on Twitter labels.
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17:15.-The day announces in its digital version: "Obama arrives in Cuba in historical visit".Barack Obama today became the first president of the United States to visit Cuba after the 1959 revolution, a historic trip framed in the thaw between the governments of Washington and the Socialist Island.
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17:13.-Russia Today continues minute by minute Barack Obama's historic visit to Cuba.
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17:10.-The world publishes on its digital cover that this visit from Barack Obama to Cuba is a new milestone of the historic thaw that both countries announced in December 2014.
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17:09.-Telasur comments on his website that the president of the United States, Barack Obama, landed at 4:19 p.m. local time in a cloudy and rainy afternoon in Havana, after two and a half hours of flight from Washington.
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17: 07-The newspaper El Pais, from Spain, highlights that a president of the United States put this Sunday in Cuba for the first time in 88 years.
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17:06.-The visit of President Barack Obama to Cuba is among the news headlines of various media.
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17:05.-The Plaza de Armas, another of the sites that Obama must travel, since 1519 constitutes the generatrix point of Havana.Its layout evokes that of the fortified squares of medieval Europe.In its perimeter were the headquarters of the civil and military authorities in the colonial era, and the parish church of the city.
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16:55.-Re one of the places visited by the president of the United States will be expected to be the Cathedral of Havana.It is a Catholic temple located in the heart of Havana Vieja, in the oldest area of the city, declared by UNESCO in 1982 World Heritage and is under the invocation of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception.It is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Havana.
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16:42.-The official car that will take President Obama to fulfill his agenda today in Cuba is launched today in Cuba.
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16:41.-Banderras of Cuba and the United States adorn cars that are at the foot of the presidential plane and that will transfer to Obama.
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16:40.-Ileve in Havana on the arrival of President Barack Obama.
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16:39.-Obama greets the press that is at the airport to cover its arrival.
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16:38.-In the first minutes in Cuban soil, Obama greets representatives of the Foreign Ministry and members of the United States diplomatic corps in Cuba.
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16:37.-Barack Obama, accompanied by his wife and daughters, greets those who come to welcome him.
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16:35.-You are in the José Martí airport's crockery.
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16:34.-Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba goes to the foot of the ladder.
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16:32.-The presidential plane is opened where President Barack Obama will soon leave.
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16:31.-José Ramón Cabañas, Cuban ambassador to the United States and Jeffrey Delantis, business manager of the United States Embassy in Cuba await the arrival of the president of Barack Obama on the track.
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16:28.-The President Obama announces from his Twitter account his arrival in Cuba.
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16:25.-Provable press media for the visit of President Barack Obama to Cuba, await on the track that approaches the AF1.
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16:20.-The AF1 brings President Barack Obama to Havana already touched Cuban soil.
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15:50.-The president of the United States will fulfill in Cuba an agenda that includes tours of the Cathedral of Havana, the Plaza de Armas, the City Museum, the Plaza Vieja and the Plaza de San Francisco de Asís.
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15:20.-The American president travels to Cuba accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama and his two daughters, Malia and Sasha;as well as members of his cabinet, and Republican and Democrats senators.
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15:15.-Your arrival in Cuba occurs 15 months after the announcement of the process of restoration of relations between the two countries, on December 17, 2014, by Cuban President Raúl Castro and the US president Barack Obama.
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15:00.-Barack Obama becomes the first president visiting the Antillana nation after 88 years.Before only Calvin Coolidge, who landed in Havana in January 1928 to attend the VI Pan American Conference.
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14:30.-Previa upon arrival at Cuba of the US president, a video of his collaboration with the humorist Luis Silva, of the Living of the Story program, already circulates on social networks
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14:25.-The Granma's writing is ready for the live coverage of the visit to Cuba of the president of the United States, Barack Obama.
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14:20.-The doctor.Agustín Lage announced at a press conference on the morning of this Sunday, which soon Cuban biotechnological products can be used in American patients since more than 30 Cuban patents have been approved by the United States patent and marks office.
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14:15.-In the press room of Habana Libre Hotel different press conferences have been developed with the participation of Cuban personalities such as Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment and Agustín Lage, director of the Molecular Immunology Center of Havana.
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13:42.-In video: the president of the United States of America departed to Havana.
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13:40.-Air Force One, moments before his departure to Havana:
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13:35.-Prese International reflects Obama's visit to Cuba:
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13:30.-Crenate of the United States, Barack Obama part of the Andrews air base towards Cuba.
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