Havana, March 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel welcomed American actor, director, and producer Kevin Costner, who is visiting the Caribbean nation to explore underwater archaeology, the Presidency of the Republic announced today.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you and a source of great satisfaction for your visit to Cuba. You are greatly admired by the Cuban people, who have closely followed your recent stay in our country,” the president said during the meeting at the Palace of the Revolution.
Costner expressed feeling very well in Cuba and that he had dreamed of this project for some time, according to the Presidency on the social network X.
The American actor referred to his special friendship with Cuban Alejandro Mirabal, an underwater archaeologist and prominent researcher. “I’ve studied the Caribbean a lot,” he noted.
He commented that he was impressed by the Museo del Castillo de la Real Fuerza, both for its exhibits and its architecture.
During the pleasant conversation, the head of state invited him to visit Santiago de Cuba, whose bay holds a significant underwater heritage.
Kevin Costner previously visited Cuba in April 2001, where he met with the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, with whom he held a lively conversation, according to the press at the time.
On that occasion, he traveled to Havana to present the film “13 Days,” about the October Crisis of 1962, in which he played the leading role of Kenneth O’Donnell, a collaborator of John F. Kennedy at the time.
In a statement to the Spanish newspaper El País in 2015, the artist expressed his joy at the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States.
“I’ve only been to Cuba once, but I’m seeing the new situation very well. In the world we live in, I’m always happy to hear news that shows us getting closer to each other,” he said.
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