US immigration policy treats Cubans like no other foreigners. And until there’s big political change on the island, many Cubans say it should stay that way.
Cuban Americans know to shop at this sassy-named store if they want to send goods back home
In Florida, many Cuban Americans are very familiar with Ñoo Que Barato, a discount warehouse store outside of Miami where hard-to-find goods and trinkets are sent back home.
A Broadway musical opens in Havana for the first time in 50 years
The Tony Award-winning musical Rent is being performed on stage, not on Broadway, but in Havana. It’s the first time in 50 years that a Broadway show has officially opened in Cuba.
The deal between Washington and Havana has baseball fans drooling
“There’s a palpable excitement here,” says author Peter Kornbluh from Havana, as word broke of US-Cuban talks to normalize relations. “This is a new dawn … and I think everybody here has realized that almost immediately.”
