Havana and other Cuban cities are in the fever of preparations for the arrival of Pope Francis. In the capital, the streets were paved and the pulpit is being renovated. Square icon of the revolution where the head of the Catholic Church will celebrate on Sunday an open wafer, abounds workers are setting up an altar and a pulpit giant makeshift congregation and choir.
Pope Argentine will stay 4 days in Cuba before traveling to the United States. This is his first visit to both countries former sworn enemies who today have melted the ice between them tens of years.
The Vatican announced two days ago that he hoped that the visit of Francis to help remove the US embargo of the lead in turn to an improvement of freedoms and human rights in the communist country.
The Pope himself has praised Cuban spirit unbroken face misery. "It makes me feel good and helps me a lot to think about faith in God when I see the spirit with which bear the difficulties of every day that passes," the Holy Father said in the message broadcast by Cuban state television.
It is not a coincidence and his decision to travel to Washington, after leaving Havana. Taming hate relationship between the two countries in recent months partly owes his intercession, that had great weight in the respective capitals.
On Friday, the United States announced the easing of restrictions on travel and business with Cuba, the most recent step that Barack Obama throws towards improving bilateral relatave