Obama's visit is mere mockery, says Yerevan-based Cuban
US President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba has become a subject of discussions in Yerevan. Cuban musician Luis Guerra, who has been living in Armenia in the last three years and performing Cuban music in Yerevan clubs, says, “Do not think that I am a socialist. Nor am I a supporter of Castro, but Obama's visit [to Cuba] is nothing but mockery. It was a mere formality. He is not interested in Cuba's life. He does not protect the rights of Cubans, either. It's just politics, nothing more,” Luis Guerra said. Cuban dance instructor Giordano Duberger hails Obama's visit. "I believe it is a very positive and historic event," Giordano says. He says he hates politics and has always tried to stay away from politics. “Politics tortures and harms people. The only thing that we, Cubans, want is peace and love,” Duberger adds. Obama became the first American president to visit Cuba in nearly a century since 1928. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were severed in 1961. On April 11, 2015, Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro shook hands at the Summit of the Americas in Panama, marking the first meeting between a U.S. and Cuban head of state since the two countries severed their ties in 1961. The meeting came four months after the presidents announced their countries would restore ties, and gave rise to President Obama's planned March 2016 visit to Cuba.
