One of the presidents more travelers, side by side with George W. Bush, on the home stretch of its mandate milestones: Havana and now Hiroshima
Obama debuted in 2009 with its most intense year, to be known in the world, although the latter two have turned out frequently
Almost eight years in office go far, enough to travel the world and starring unforgettable moments time. Leaving aside the G-7 meetings or other appointments shared with other major world leaders, including Nelson Mandela funeral remembered in South Africa, Barack Obama has been one of the more travelers presidents of American history. Only his predecessor can match the number of kilometers and landings of Air Force One on foreign territory. In a ritual that is part of classical political, if George W. Bush Democrats questioned him spending his trips abroad, Republicans have been criticizing the high budget that the current occupant of the White House intended for that purpose.
Speeches like Berlin in 2009, in the wake of Kennedy, or Cairo, a few months later, marked as intense as special emphasis on the thought of the first African American president first country to boot, which at that time it was observed with magnifying glass and listened with the utmost attention. His words in the capital of Egypt did not fail to earn you criticism for its strong opening and an attempt to approach the Muslim world, after the attack on the Twin Towers and the years of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan remain a gap today yet closed.
Obama is convinced he put the pillars of openness and democratization in Cuba
Subsequent years, despite being less marked by trips abroad, also left a mark on the history of previously unseen footage, this time a president in search of their roots. As the presence of the president of the United States in the so-called "house slaves" in the island of Goree, from where they were shipped to America, symbol of a past they belong to the ancestors of the tenant of the White House. Or the presence last year in Kenya in search of their more direct and nearby roots, his fourth trip to Africa, where his father was original.
The final stretch of the mandate is fraught with political symbolism, much more linked to his legacy, facts and those seeking to promote change, and in some cases, a review in the way the United States has talked with the world. Among the recent past of his trip to Havana, to consolidate the normalization of relations between the US and Cuba, and the near future, when Obama will be in Hiroshima in a tribute to the victims of the atomic bomb. Also, shortly after being with Raul Castro, the important trip he made to Buenos Aires, where he was received by President Macri, which is considered a major change in relations between the two countries.
In Hiroshima and Vietnam
If your visit to Cuba President Obama is convinced that he put the pillars of openness and democratization of the island, take time that afternoon, his presence in Hiroshima, the first by a US president, come to take the only thorn between two friendly countries and allies. A few days before, Obama will also debut in Vietnam, another country without the presence of an American president from the unpopular war.
The US president has visited almost one hundred countries, half the world, but lacks Spain. Yno is ruled that presence on Spanish soil occurs before the Jan. 19 formally deliver the witness. If we stick to what recently said the Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, if Spain had received government when initially touched, that is, in the first half of the year, he would be scheduled the visit of the Obama family. Now, with the elections scheduled on June 26, if the formation of government in a month occurred, as intended, the occupant of the White House would be left only five months to step on Spanish territory with Michelle and their two daughters.
The idea of the visit to Spain took shape last September when Obama himself communicated it to King Philip, at the meeting held both in the White House. During the subsequent appearance before the media, which was present ABC, both sitting in the chairs in the Oval Office, US President reiterated on several occasions that he had conveyed his desire to visit King of Spain, hopefully during his tenure. In the event that could not be, Obama said the family would visit Spain later.
