article_snippet: the Summit of the Americas is scheduled for April 10-11.
article_snippet: The last time a sitting U.S. president visited the island nation was during a 1982 visit from former President Ronald Reagan.
article_snippet: Mr Obama has visited the island nation twice during Mr Obama time in office, going to Puerto Rico in 2011 and Trinidad in 2009.
highlights_snippet: The April 9 trip will be the first time an American president has visited the island nation since Ronald Reagan in 1982 .
  
highlights_snippet: Mr Obama will stop in the island nation on the way to a regional summit in Panama .
  