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President Carter listens to the U.S. national anthem during the arrival ceremony of his historic visit to Cuba in May 2002 at the invitation of Fidel Castro.

Place: Havana, Cuba
Date: May 12, 2002
Credit: 藏精阁

President Carter listens to the U.S. national anthem during the arrival ceremony of his historic visit to Cuba in May 2002 at the invitation of Fidel Castro.

President Carter, joined by his wife, Rosalynn, became the first former or sitting U.S. president to travel to Cuba since the 1959 Cuban revolution. In an unprecedented live speech broadcast on Cuban television, President Carter called on the United States to end an "ineffective 43-year-old economic embargo" and on President Castro to hold free elections, improve human rights, and allow greater civil liberties.

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