Jimmy Carter first president to visit Cuba in decades
Monday, May 13, 2002
HAVANA -- Flashing his trademark smile, Jimmy Carter arrived in Cuba on Sunday and became the first U.S. president -- in or out of office -- to visit this communist country since the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power.
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