Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received 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 is a pleasure to meet you and your visit to Cuba is a source of great satisfaction. You are greatly admired by the Cuban people, who have closely followed your stay in our country these past few days," the President stated at 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's report on the social network X. The American actor referred to his special friendship with Cuban Alejandro Mirabal, an underwater archaeologist and important researcher.
"I have studied the Caribbean a lot," he noted. He commented that he was impressed by the Museo del Castillo de la Real Fuerza, for its exhibits and 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, when 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 1962 Crisis, in which he played the lead role of Kenneth O'Donnell, John F. Kennedy's collaborator at the time.
Speaking 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 see the new situation very well. In the world we live in, I'm always happy about news that means we're getting closer to each other," he said.
(Taken from Prensa Latina)
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