US President Barack Obama has arrived in Argentina to reset diplomatic relations after decades of hostility.
Obama and the first family landed in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Wednesday morning amid heightened security a day after the terrorist bombings in Brussels.
The US president is scheduled to meet with Argentinean President Mauricio Macri in the presidential palace to discuss trade, investment, and energy.
The heads of state will proceed to lay a wreath at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis served as archbishop.
“I think that the gesture of President Obama’s visit is very important for us because it shows the interest and the priority of the US administration,” Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra said in a press conference Monday.
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