Justin Trudeau to retrace father’s historic steps on upcoming Cuba visit
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will retrace some of his father’s most historic footsteps next week when he travels to Cuba and quite possibly meets an old family friend — retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Officially, Trudeau will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, who took over his country’s leadership in 2008 from his brother, the leader of Cuba’s communist revolution in 1959 and the decades-long antagonist to the United States.
Cuba’s ambassador to Canada says there may also be an opportunity to visit with Fidel Castro too.
“I think this question has been worked out, and there is a chance. I don’t know how it will end,” ambassador Julio Garmendia Pena said in an interview Monday.