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HAVANA, (APP/AFP): Hundreds of workers
have been scrambling for days to touch up building facades, patch potholes and spiff up Havana’s monuments ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit.
A number of the capital’s main avenues have been given a fresh paving
— including the landmark Malecon seawall avenue which runs by the US Embassy — to look its best for the guest.
Obama next week will become the first US president to visit Cuba
while in office in almost a century.
On other roads, cleaning has been done and road signs updated,
particularly in Spanish-colonial era Old Havana. The Obama family is expected to do a walkabout there — typical fare when heads of state visit the Cuban capital.