During his presidential visit to Cuba, President Obama posed for photographers in front of an image of notorious Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.
Obama stood with members of the American delegation to Cuba after laying a wreath at the Jose Marti monument in Revolution Square. The square also features an image Camilo Cienfuegos, another revolutionary who fought with Fidel Castro.
Video from the scene shows Obama discussing where to place the subjects of the photo:
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listen to the U.S. national anthem during a ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016. At right is Salvador Valdes Mesa Vice-President of Cuba’s State Council. “It is a great honor to pay tribute to Jose Marti, who gave his life for independence of his homeland. His passion for liberty, freedom, and self-determination lives on in the Cuban people today,” Obama wrote in dark ink in the book after he laid a wreath and toured a memorial dedicated to the memory of Jose Marti. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, stand as an honor guard marches during a ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
U.S. President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Jose Marti monument in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
Back dropped by the monument to revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara, U.S. President Barack Obama greets members of his delegation after laying a wreath at the Jose Marti monument in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 21, 2016.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)
Later the president met and shook hands with Cuban president Raul Castro.