Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
‘Revolution Rent': Doc Traces How a Hit Broadway Play Helped Bridge Cuba and LGBTQ Culture (Video)
thewrap.comVariety, “That was definitely real, but for me, it was a risk I had to take. I had to do it.”The result is what Señor has referred to as a “time capsule” of a turning point in Cuban history.
The show was staged during President Barack Obama’s second term, opening just a week after the administration announced the beginning of the process to normalize relations between the nations.
A few months later, Cuba was removed from the U.S. list of countries that sponsor terrorism and an American embassy in Havana was reopened.
But then, Donald Trump took office in 2016 and began to reverse some of those steps, such as banning certain business deals and tightening travel restrictions to the country.
