President Barack Obama and family visit Cuba

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Monday, March 21, 2016
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President Barack Obama speaks at an event on entrepreneurship and opportunity for Cuban people at La Cerveceria, Monday, March 21, 2016, in Havana, Cuba.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

President Barack Obama made history on Sunday when he became the first sitting president in nearly a century to visit Cuba. Diplomatic ties between the two nations were reestablished in 2015 following a U.S. embargo against Cuba that lasted over half a century.

The last president to visit Cuba while still in office was Calvin Coolidge in 1928.

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