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Possible Steps to Normalize USA-Cuba Relations (+) Video: Life in Cuba

Featured Image: Location of Cuba on the globe. CREDIT: This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this: Source SVG image Americas on the globe (red).svg  by TUBS SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.)

From Cuba Headlines 12 / 14 / 2013

If not in the coming government, maybe the following one, the normalization of relations with Cuba should experiment a substantial decision of the United States, the island”s former diplomat Ramón Sanchez-Parodi said. . . . Read Complete Report

“`From youtube uploaded by Overlander.tv

Life in Cuba; food shortages, low wages and exiled family members

Published on May 15, 2013

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CubaEl_Moro_Havanna_CREDIT Dr. Anthony R. Picciolo, NOAA NODC SOURCE Wikipedia Commons Public domainI met Alex at a Havana Pizza place. He spoke English and was keen to practise with me. I interviewed him about the realities of life in Cuba. We talk about the food shortages, the low wages and the fact that many Cuban’s have family members they have not seen for decades, living in America.

Image:  El Moro, the lighthouse and storm warning mast at the entrance to Havana. CREDIT: Dr. Anthony R. Picciolo, NOAA NODC SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (Public Domain)

The video features shots around Havana, capturing street life, the majestic historic buildings and the ancient American cars from the 40’s and 50’s.

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Obama thaws U.S.-Cuba relations (+) Yank Tanks of Cuba

This is waaay overdue. . . EDITOR

Featured image: A ‘maquina’ or ‘yank tank’ in Trinidad, Cuba, 4 January 2004. (1956 Ford). CREDIT: Photograph by Dirk van der Made (en:User:DirkvdM – for more photos see en:user:DirkvdM/Photographs). SOURCE: Wikipedia Commons (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Generic license.)

From Marshfieldnewsherald.com by DeWayne Wickham, USATODAY

While, understandably, a lot of news media attention in recent days has focused on the U.S.-led talks to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the Obama administration appears to be laying the groundwork for another diplomatic breakthrough.

In little noticed speeches given last month, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry cryptically acknowledged the need for a new approach to Cuba, a country the U.S. has — literally and figuratively — waged war with for over a half-century. . . . Read Complete Report

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Coches de Cuba! Classic American Cars in Cuba!

Published on Apr 19, 2013

Join host Arthur St. Antoine and MT colleague Carlos Lago as they visit the embargoed island nation of Cuba—where they discover a time capsule of classic 1950s American cars, the world’s best cigars, and the unforgettable hangouts of writer Ernest Hemingway

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