As it happened: President Obama in historic visit to Cuba

Summary

US President Barack Obama is first sitting US president to visit Cuba in 90 years
Mr Obama addresses Cubans at El Gran Teatro de La Havana, with President Raul Castro in attendance
Final day also sees US president meet civil society activists and attend a baseball game
The White House first announced restored diplomatic ties in July 2015
On Monday the two leaders sparred over human rights issues but hailed progress in diplomatic relationship

Live Reporting

Jasmine Coleman and Ashley Gold

'Really special' to see Obamapublished at 15:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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How long until Pizza Hut?published at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
Tom Geoghegan
BBC News, Havana
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The owner of Atelier restaurant writes a new menu every day
The fear of many travellers is that Havana may lose its character if the market truly opens up to American investment.
But restaurant owner Niuris Higueras says she is not worried about an influx of US multinationals muscling in on a possible Havana boom.
“I want Cuba to experience Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, but I want mainly local businesses to thrive.”
Ms Higueras travels to Cuzco, Peru, to buy some of her ingredients, and writes a new menu every day for her restaurant, Atelier, because local supplies are so unreliable.
How do young Cubans feel about Obama's visit?published at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Is stormy weather a good omen?published at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Presidents side-by-side in Havanapublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
As Barack Obama arrived for his meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, he was welcomed in a pomp-and-circumstance ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution.
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Cuban government officially welcomes Obama
Freedom of expression will be on the agenda - Obamapublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
Mr Obama has promised to raise issues such as freedom of expression during the talks, which will be focused on trade. He said change was going to happen in Cuba and President Castro understood that.
Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro meetpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
The two leaders are due to hold talks later.
Obama leaves message in Jose Marti Memorial guest bookpublished at 14:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
Obama v Pope - turn outpublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Obama bows head in front of wreathpublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Wreath laying ceremony taking placepublished at 14:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
President Obama is taking part in a ceremony at the memorial to Cuban political activist Jose Marti in Revolution Plaza, where he will lay a wreath.
Mural of Che Guevara takes centre stagepublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Obama arrives for wreath layingpublished at 14:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Cubans say it's 'time for peace'published at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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World watches Obama visit with interestpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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BBC Monitoring has been looking at the reaction to President Obama’s visit in US and Cuban media.
"From Cold War to warm welcome, Obama arrives in Cuba for historic visit" is the headline, external used by the Miami Herald on its home page for the section set aside to report on the visit.
The Cuba-based dissident run website 14 Y Medio, which is blocked inside the island, is following President Obama's steps in Havana closely and has also reported on the three people who will meet with the US president: Jose Daniel Ferrer, a former prisoner and leader of Cuba's Patriotic Union; Dagoberto Valdes, director of the pro-human rights magazine Convivencia and the opposition reporter Miriam Celaya.
14 y Medio’s editor and leading opposition figure, Yoani Sanchez, said on Twitter that despite Obama's visit, "totalitarianism" was still the norm in Cuba.
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Rehearsals of US national anthempublished at 14:14 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Poll shows US support for reopening tiespublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
Americans are broadly optimistic that re-establishing diplomatic relations will be positive for the United States, according to a poll for the New York Times/CBS News, external.
The survey found that 62% of Americans believed reopening ties would be mostly good for the United States. However, fewer than half - 40% - thought it will lead to more democracy for Cuba.
Obama delegation gets ready to lay wreaths to national heropublished at 13:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Google to develop internet services to Cubapublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
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Internet users in Cuba currently face limited connections, censorship, high costs and low bandwidth
President Obama has said that the US technology company, Google, will develop internet services to Cuba.
He told ABC News that a deal would be announced to provide wifi and broadband access, and that the country's communist government had to accept that "change is going to happen".
Visit 'a positive sign for world peace'published at 13:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2016
Tom Geoghegan
BBC News, Havana
Sitting on a bike carrying coconuts, Renier Beltram has stopped to talk to his aunt Liliana who runs a small shop selling religious figures and bracelets.
Renier says he’s a pacifist, and the way the US and Cuba have tried to put hostility behind them is, he says, a positive sign for world peace.
“What we are most worried about is war and this can be an example to others. It also means the US can have better relations with Ecuador, Nicaragua and other Latin American countries.”
Liliana has a relative in Canada and she says the biggest change in the new relationship is that people who have family in the US can receive more in the post than they used to.