An Opening in Cuba

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  Kerry Strikes Delicate Balance in Havana Trip for Embassy Flag-Raising (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Michael R. Gordon

  HAVANA — John Kerry, the first secretary of state to visit Cuba in 70 years, said on Friday that the Cuban government could not expect the United States to lift its trade embargo unless it moved to improve its record on human rights. “There is no way Congress is going to vote to lift the embargo if …

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  A Secretive Path to Raising U.S. Flag in Cuba (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Julie Hirschfeld Davis

  WASHINGTON — Before the United States and Cuba could seal a historic diplomatic rapprochement brokered in 18 months of secret talks, they first had to hide a pregnancy. Late last year, when President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba were only weeks away from a stunning announcement that they …

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  The New York Times

  

  Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look. (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Jason Horowitz

  HAVANA — On a recent evening, tourists in banded hats and guayabera shirts climbed out of pink 1950s-era American cars to puff cigars, drink mojitos and listen to Buena Vista Social Club classics at the Hotel Nacional. It was one of those frozen-in-time Havana scenes that Americans, enticed by …

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  The New York Times

  

  Cuban Youth See New U.S. Embassy, but Same Old Drab Life (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Azam Ahmed

  HAVANA — Wedged between a construction site and the shells of once grand colonial homes, a basketball game was underway, the neighborhood pouring into the rubble-strewn street for some evening entertainment. It wasn’t much. A chewed concrete floor, a splintered backboard and a piece of bent rebar …

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  The New York Times

  

  U.S. Outpost in Cuba to Step Out of the Shadows (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Randal C. Archibold

  HAVANA — Fidel Castro called the building a “nest of spies,” routinely marshaling tens of thousands of people to protest at its doorstep. His government even made a television mini-series with what it called images of American diplomats lurking in a forest nearby, dropping off suspicious bags and …

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  The New York Times

  

  Looser Rules for Travel to Cuba, a Destination Already in Transition (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Victoria Burnett

  Estelle Grush sliced cucumber and guava in the busy kitchen one recent evening at Cafe Laurent, a small, privately owned restaurant in a 1950s penthouse a few blocks from Havana’s sweeping seafront. As she chopped, Ms. Grush, who was visiting Havana from Los Angeles as part of an organized tour, …