USA / Cuba: Historic handshake between US President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, 11 April 2015

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) was the 44th President of the United States (2009 - 2017), as well as the first African American to hold the office.

Raul Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008.

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Pete Souza

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