Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa flew to Havana on Tuesday on a commercial flight via Paris, but the programme only begins today.

Raúl Castro invited Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to visit Cuba and the took advantage of his trip that was scheduled to the Ibero-American Summit that is being held on Friday and Saturday in Cartagena das Indias, in Colombia, to accept the invitation.

Today, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has a full Schedule, but with a space after lunch when there may be a meeting with Fidel Castro, which is not on the official Schedule because it will be in private and depends on the former Cuban president’s state of health.

After the Ibero-American summit in Cartagena, the Portuguese president is set to participate with the prime minister, António Costa, in the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) summit in Brasilia, on 31 October and 1 November.