President Obama sets another presidency record -To visit Cuba

Obama has taken a number of steps to normalize relations with Cuba, including re-opening the USA embassy in Havana and enacting regulatory changes that allow more Americans to travel to and do business with Cuba.

President Barack Obama will visit Cuba for two days next month in a historic trip aimed at sweeping away half a century of frozen relations between the two countries, he announced on Twitter on Thursday.

In Buenos Aires, the President and First Family will meet with the new Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, to discuss President Macri’s reform agenda and recognize his contributions to the defense of human rights in the region.

“My problem with the changes toward Cuba is that it asks nothing of the Cuban government”, said Rubio.

Cuba says critics of its human rights record overlook a low crime rate and guaranteed healthcare and education.

“I think it’s a real mistake”, Cruz told CNN.

Rubio added that the government in Cuba is “an anti-American communist dictatorship”.

The last sitting president to visit the island was Calvin Coolidge, who addressed the Pan-American Conference of Western Hemisphere leaders in Havana in 1928.

“Cuba’s nascent private sector - from restaurant owners to shopkeepers - has benefited from increased travel from the American people”. “I wouldn’t expect him to meet with Fidel Castro”.

That meeting, which transpired during a summit in Panama, was regarded as a breakthrough. Obama’s visit will cap off 14 months of efforts after he ordered the U.S.to restore diplomatic ties.

Last week, USA air carriers entered a bidding war to secure routes to Cuba after both nations signed an agreement to resume flights between the island and the United States.

His stop in Cuba will be part of a broader trip to Latin America.

In a news release sent to 22News Thursday, the congressman cited a recent Pew Research Center poll showing 73 percent of Americans, including 59 percent of Republicans, favor ending the trade embargo with Cuba. The announcement, headlining “President Obama is going to Cuba”, came with a picture of a plane flying over the Caribbean island.

He wrote that the White House has already witnessed how the normalization of ties with Cuba “can improve the lives of the Cuban people”, though Rhodes admitted that more progress needs to be made.

The deal was encouraged by the Cuban government.