President Obama visits Cuba
President Barack Obama visits in March with special guests at an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team at Cuba’s Estadio Latinoamericano. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
President Obama arrived in Havana on Sunday amid a wave of excitement and expectations from the Cuban people.
Fans jump to their feet as Cuba’s first batter hits a single against the Tampa Rays during an exhibition game at Estadio Latinoamericano.
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Tampa Rays players carry Cuban children during opening ceremonies at an exhibition baseball game between wiith the Cuban National Team.
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Rays center fielder Mikie Mahtook chuckles as a dove flies overhead during an exhibition game between Tampa and the Cuban National Team.
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Cuba National Team members wait for opening ceremonies to begin moments before an exhibition game against the Tampa Rays at Estadio Latinoamericano.
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Onlookers crane to shoot smartphone images of President Obama, who is stationed more than a block away at the El Gran Teatro de Havana in Central Havana.
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Cubans wave to President Obama as he passes through central Havana.
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President Obama meets with dissidents and other Cubans at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. From left are Nelson Alvarez Matute, Miriam Celaya Gonzalez and Manuel Cuesta Morua.
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Maria Castro, left, and Laritza Mojenas cheer for President Obama from the front door of a Havana home.
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Angel Tapia, 72, right, watches President Obama’s speech.
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President Obama delivers a speech at the Gran Teatro de la Habana in Havana.
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Cuban President Raul Castro lifts up the arm of President Barack Obama at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba.
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Cristina Vareaes, right, and friend Mercedes Lopez, watch President Barack Obama answer questions at a news conference with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana on Monday.
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Military school students watch the Cuba National baseball team practice at the Estadio Latinoamericano. The Cuban team will play the Tampa Rays in an exhibition game.
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A statue of a famous Cuban baseball fan, Armando Luis Torres Torres, sits in the lower level seats along the third base line at Estadio Latinoamericano. President Obama is scheduled to watch a game in the stadium.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro review soldiers during a welcoming ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution on Monday in Havana. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama, along with his daughter, waves to well wishers as he tours Old Havana with his family soon after touching down on Air Force One, becoming the first sitting President since Calvin Coolidge to visit Cuba.
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People wait in Central Havana to get a glimpse of President Obama.
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez as First Lady Michelle Obama looks on upon arrival at the airport in Havana on Sunday.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive Sunday at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Air Force One.
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The plane carrying President Obama lands in Havana on Sunday.
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Tourists stand next to a sign showing President Obama, right, and Cuba President Raul Castro next to the Cathedral in Old Havana.
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Policewomen drag away members of Ladies in White, a women’s dissident group that calls for the release of political prisoners, during the group’s weekly protest in Havana on Sunday.
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Waves crash well beyond the seawall along Havana’s Malecon as a storm hangs over Cuba for a second straight day.
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