French President Francois Hollande Visits Cuba and meets Fidel and Raul Castro in Havana Tuesday May 12,2015

 

French President Francois Hollande is the first French president to visit Cuba since 1898, and the first Western European leader on the island since the 1980s

French President Francois Hollande is the first Western European leader in Cuba since Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales in 1986

The French president's first appointment on Monday morning was to bestow France's highest award, the Legion of Honour, on the head of the Catholic Church in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega.