Barack Obama to make historic visit to Cuba

Obama to become the first serving US president to set foot on the island in nearly nine decades, as ties normalise.

Barack Obama, the US president, is planning an historic visit to Cuba next month, which will make him the first serving US president to set foot on the island in nearly nine decades.

Obama's visit in mid-March will be part of a broader trip to Latin America that the White House will announce on Thursday, Obama administration officials told news agencies.
Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced last year that they would begin normalising ties after a half-century of Cold War opposition.
On Tuesday, the two nations signed a deal restoring commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades.