U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the people of Cuba as the first American president to visit the country in nearly a century
United States President Barack Obama delivers remarks to the people of Cuba as the first American president to visit the country in nearly a century, and the first since the 1959 revolution led by Fidel Castro.. Obama opens with a statement on the terrorist attacks in Brussels, recounts the history of U.S.-Cuba relations and says that he looks forward to renewed diplomatic and economic relations between the countries and that it is no longer the policy of the U.S. to seek the overthrow of the Castro government. Held at El Gran Teatro de Havana, in Havana, Cuba.
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright
- Date
- 2016-03-22
- Speakers
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Obama, Barack
- Subjects
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Diplomatic relations
International economic relations
Terrorism
Belgium--Brussels
Cuba
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:34:00
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2016 March 22
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35337
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b12356984
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