Featured Image: Photo shows view of street scene in Havana, Cuba. Nice view of old shops and horse drawn wagons on the street. Photo dates to between 1900 and 1909. SOURCE: Retro Snapshots

From The New York Times By VICTORIA BURNETT Published: December 7, 2013

MEXICO CITY — It is a rare day in Cuba when the Communist Party’s triumphalist newspaper suggests that the government — just maybe — messed up. Or when the party’s chief ideologist renounces government secrecy. Or a salsa star, performing at an official concert, calls for the freedom to vote and to smoke marijuana.

But such gestures of openness are becoming more common. . . . Read Complete Report

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BBC This World 2012 Cuba with Simon Reeve

Published on Feb 25, 2013