Philthy-Delphia: Maybe we'll get lucky and they will show him GITMO, looking from the inside, out

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Maybe we'll get lucky and they will show him GITMO, looking from the inside, out

Cubans welcome Obama trip, say they want economic progress

Tourists ride vintage American convertibles as they pass by the United States embassy in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. President Barack Obama said that he will visit Cuba on March 21-22, making him the first sitting president in more than half a century to visit the island nation. Photo: Desmond Boylan, AP / AP

HAVANA (AP) — Cubans hailed President Barack Obama's announcement Thursday that he will make a two-day trip to the communist-run island, saying that just like the American leader, they want the historic visit to the historic visit to spur faster change in their lives.

Obama's March 21-22 trip is meant to create so much momentum behind his new policy of detente with Cuba that the next U.S. president cannot reverse it, administration officials said. More than a year after the detente was announced, the pace of normalization has been accelerating even though millions of Cubans have yet to see benefits.

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