Obama looks to future of relations

US president will take in a baseball game and give a televised speech on Tuesday before leaving for Argentina

Brushing past profound differences, US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro were scheduled to sit down on Monday at Havana's Palace of the Revolution for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether Obama's sharp U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated.

For Obama, there's no better place than Havana to show that engagement can do more than isolation to bring about tangible change in the island nation.