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Our visit also coincided with Spain’s victory in the World Cup. The victors’ fans poured into the streets of Havana – and, at one point, surrounded our taxi.
Today, Cuba meets a fraction of its daily oil requirement with locally produced energy. A major off-shore find would be a game changer
Our delegation was briefed by senior leaders of Cuba’s Ministry of Basic Industries and CUPET, the national oil company.
In Old Havana, street scenes reminiscent of places like New Orleans are becoming commonplace.
Efforts to restore buildings, returning them tenants and opening them to commerce, proceed apace.
The immense talent of Cuban artists is displayed in Old Havana
There are imaginative uses of art to spruce up spaces in places like the Plaza de Armas.
The Malecon is where couples often congregate and enjoy the sea.
Cuba is addressing its economic problems by loosening restrictions on agriculture in an effort to get more locally produced food into farmers’ markets like this.
At an exhibition in Havana, we interviewed an artist who is selling enough of his work to make the average month’s salary nearly every day.
When Cuba made a major drive to conserve energy, it even left an imprint on the convertible peso as a reminder of the “energetic revolution.”
Efforts to overthrow Cuba’s system with a government designed in Washington – el Plan Bush—are still memorialized in Havana.
Our delegation visited Cuba within hours after Cuba’s government and the Catholic Church announced their agreement leading to the release of 52 political prisoners.
Rep. Mike Honda with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo
Members of the National Popular Resistance Front speak with the delegation
Members of the National Popular Resistance Front speak with the delegation
The delegation meets with members of the Truth Commission
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