From there, it talks about how, even though Fidel Castro is officially retired, much of an influence he still wields in Cuba. During the visit, in which President Obama was the first US president to visit in 88 years, Obama and Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother and the current Cuban President, were seen frequently together in meetings, dinners, and baseball games. Obama did not meet with the elder Castro brother during his trip. Many of the listeners believed in what President Obama was saying about how, “both countries should move beyond decades of mistrust and animosity”. It then states how it seems Fidel Castro isn’t so eager to bury the past and says that Obama’s speech “risked giving one a heart attack” , before listing many abuses that the US had held against
From there, it talks about how, even though Fidel Castro is officially retired, much of an influence he still wields in Cuba. During the visit, in which President Obama was the first US president to visit in 88 years, Obama and Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother and the current Cuban President, were seen frequently together in meetings, dinners, and baseball games. Obama did not meet with the elder Castro brother during his trip. Many of the listeners believed in what President Obama was saying about how, “both countries should move beyond decades of mistrust and animosity”. It then states how it seems Fidel Castro isn’t so eager to bury the past and says that Obama’s speech “risked giving one a heart attack” , before listing many abuses that the US had held against