HAVANA (Sputnik), Liudmila Chernova — Obama is expected to arrive in Cuba later in the day. On Monday, when the official program of his visit begins, the US president is scheduled to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro to review progress made on the normalization of relations between the two nations.
"More than 1,500 journalists have already received accreditation to cover the Obama visit," the source said a few hours before Obama's arrival in Cuba.
Relations between Washington and Havana began to improve after Obama announced in December 2014 a historic change in US policy, including the loosening of restrictions on travel and trade.
Obama will be the first sitting US president to go to Cuba since Calvin Coolidge, 88 years ago in 1928.
