Ristabilito il servizio postale con gli Usa dopo oltre 50 anni,la prima lettera è quella di Obama per la viejita Ileana

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Primer envío del correo directo EEUU-Cuba lleva carta de Obama

Una admiradora del Presidente, Ileana Yarza, de 76 años, le escribió en febrero para decirle que había escuchado que visitaría La Habana en marzo e invitarlo a tomar café.




E l primer vuelo del Correo Postal de Estados Unidos a Cuba que se restableció el miércoles, tras 50 años de ruptura, llevó una carta personal del presidente Barack Obama, dirigida a una cubana que le había escrito en varias ocasiones.

Ileana Yarza, de 76 años, residente en El Vedado, le escribió a Obama el 18 de febrero en su más reciente misiva para decirle que había "escuchado por Telesur la noticia de que visitaría La Habana en marzo".

"Creo que no hay muchos cubanos tan deseosos como yo de conocerle en persona. No por ser una importante personalidad estadounidense, sino por ser un presidente encantador cuya amplia sonrisa conquista corazones", señala la carta de Yarza.
Carta de Obama para Ileana Yarza.Carta de Obama para Ileana Yarza.

"Sigo su carrera política desde su primera campaña electoral", escribió Yarza en su carta, donde invita a Obama a tomar un café y en la que cuenta que celebró sus dos victorias, 2008 y 2012, además de lamentar que no sea posible que se presente para un tercer mandato.

"Querida Ileana: Gracias por sus amables palabras. Espero que esta carta, que será enviada por correo en el primer vuelo directo en 50 años entre Estados Unidos y Cuba, perdure como recuerdo de un nuevo capítulo en las relaciones entre los dos países", respondió Obama en su misiva, según el texto divulgado por la Casa Blanca.
Envío de carta del presidente Obama a Ileana en Cuba.Envío de carta del presidente Obama a Ileana en Cuba.

"Estoy deseando visitar La Habana para promover esta relación y subrayar los valores que compartimos. Y espero tener tiempo para disfrutar una taza de café cubano", agrega el mandatario en su respuesta a la ciudadana cubana.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/03/17/asked-and-answered-sending-direct-mail-cuba-first-time-50-years

An American president has not traveled to Cuba in almost 90 years. But on March 20, President Obama will set foot on the island country that's only 90 miles off the coast of Florida. The visit is a historic milestone after more than a year of progress from the day in December of 2014 when the President first announced he was abandoning a failed, Cold War-era approach to Cuba in favor of a new course to normalize relations.

Since then, we've restored non-stop flights between our two countries. We’ve helped facilitate more people-to-people interaction and commercial enterprise. We've allowed U.S. dollars to be used in more financial transactions with Cuba. And today, we're restoring direct mail for the first time in 50 years.

The first flight carrying that first batch of U.S. direct mail to Cuba took off yesterday -- a development that may please Ileana Yarza, a 76-year-old letter writer in Cuba who has been waiting for the President to visit for years. "I think there are not many Cubans so eager as I to meet you in person," she wrote on February 18. "Not as an important American personality, but as a charming president whose open smile wins hearts."

Yesterday's flight carried a personal response from President Obama to Ileana, which will reach the island before he touches down in Havana on Sunday.


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View Ileana's letter and the President's response here:

Mr President,


I heard last night by telesur -- not the Cuban broadcast news -- that you will visit Havana in March. I could not be happier to hear this.


An American president finally taking this so much needed step, the second best one after your open admittance that the over half a century cruel embargo on this lovely, enduring and resilient little island just did not work. We Cubans believe it's a black page on American history and geopolitics. Very sorry to say this...


Dear President Obama: I've followed your political career since you were running for office the first time. Then I drank to your victory at/with the CNBC Havana office that glorious night. I also celebrated your second term election with friends at home. I wish there would be a third, perhaps one day...


I've written you many times introducing myself. Also I have invited you to a cup of Cuban coffee at my place in Vedado, if and when you would finally come.



Please, please, do visit me. Give this 76 year old Cuban lady the gift of meeting you personally. I think there are not many Cubans so eager as I to meet you in person not as an important American personality but as a charming president whose open smile wins hearts.


Please understand I very much look forward to it.



I would also love for you to come with your wonderful, lovely wife.



God bless you son, also bless your family.


Ileana R. Yarza




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And check out President Obama's response:


Dear Ileana:


Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate your support over the years, and I hope this note -- which will reach you by way of the first direct mail flight between the United States and Cuba in over 50 years -- serves as a reminder of a bright new chapter in the relationship between our two nations.


I am looking forward to visiting Havana to foster this relationship and highlight our shared values -- and, hopefully, I will have time to enjoy a cup of Cuban coffee.

Sincerely,


Barack Obama