Cuba Re Discovered

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• Rick Hird

  

  What You Need To Be Aware Of As A Tourist Visiting Cuba

  explore.com - Laura Jones

  Beaches with white sand as fine as sugar, vintage American cars cruising down streets lined by colorful aging buildings, and the chance to puff on a …

• Rick Hird

  

  Cubans flee in largest numbers in four decades, reaching U.S. by air, land and sea

  NBC News - By Associated Press

  In all, it is the largest flight of Cuban exiles since the Mariel boatlift in 1980, when nearly 125,000 Cubans came to the U.S. in six months. MIAMI — One Cuban man endured a trek through eight countries that lasted more than a month. Another man paid a small fortune for a furtive speedboat trip. A …

• Rick Hird

  

  Cubans flee the island in largest numbers since 1980 boat lift

  Los Angeles Times - By GISELA SALOMON

  MIAMI — One Cuban man endured a trek through eight countries that lasted more than a month. Another man paid a small fortune for a furtive speedboat trip. A third decided to risk a perilous passage aboard a homemade raft rather than stay a moment longer on the island. Cubans are fleeing their …

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  News

  skift.com - Rachel Bronstein

  Avoiding widespread trade wars will help avoid the worst economic outcomes, but most signs point to a slowdown. Justin Dawes | 2 hours ago Skift …

• Rick Hird

  

  See what Havana’s streets look like amid pandemic

  CNN

  Cuba has been in lockdown for 6 months with no commercial flights coming in or out of the island. Many of the country's main tourist centers look like ghost towns with hotels and restaurants shuttered. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports.

• Rick Hird

  

  "Havana is . . . the fantasy of Americans": Filmmaker on capturing the "utopia" of Cuba in new doc

  Salon - By Gary M. Kramer

  "Epicentro," director Hubert Sauper's ("We Come as Friends") fascinating, observational documentary about Cuba, opens with a man smoking a cigar the country is famous for. Yet the filmmaker, who was Oscar-nominated for "Darwin's Nightmare," is more interested in diving deeper into how people on …