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Bratislava History and War Memorials
Walking tour from Palace gardens to the Slavin War Memorial
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What I Remember About Cuba? Fidel Spoken Here.
POLITICS: Always remember: “It’s complicated.”
“Revolucion Siempre” Always the revolution. In Cuba, revolution counts, and not just the one in 1959. Signs and slogans are everywhere. Cuba is a country of revolutions: against Spain in 1868 and 1895, and Batista and imperialist intervention in 1959. When I think of Cuba it is one-dimensional: Fidel/Communism/State; for Cubans this is not true. Cubans may not have confidence in Fidel but Cubans never fail to support the revolution. (more…)
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LA HABANA de CUBA
19 December 2013: LA HABANA de CUBA
Che at Revolution Square
“Havana is Havana, the rest is grass,” probably said by a Habanero.
I prefer “If you don’t get out of Havana, you haven’t seen Cuba.”
Everyone is ready for Havana. We speed along the Autopista, a bumpy, wide, but straight highway from Che to Fidel. The highway was designed for landing airplanes in case of war. War was a real fear for Cubans: both because of the one-sided political rhetoric and because we Yanquis are only a few miles north. Our drive is comprised of cane fields, banana trees, a few ox carts, grazing cattle, and acres of fertile land vanishing under thorny marabou. (more…)