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How to make a Mojito…like a slow Cuban bartender

First — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:21:28 +0000

Everyone loves Mojito’s, but after watching this, one can’t help but wonder why in a Communist state like Cuba there isn’t some sort of sort of punishment for people who make drinks this slow. C’mon Raul, cellphones are great but this guy needs to be harshly questioned and then given a short prison sentence.

Cannes Film Festival: Benicio De Toro as Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

First — Fri, 23 May 2008 10:44:54 +0000

The two-part saga runs four hours, 30 minutes. It is almost entirely in Spanish, a particular challenge for U.S. viewers who dislike subtitles. It dispenses with many cliches of the biopic, offering virtually no insight into the origin of Che’s brand of humanism, instead presenting impressionistic glimpses of Che’s idealism in action during the Cuban revolution and his attempt to foment a similar transformation in Bolivia.

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Cuban state media ‘exposes US terror links’

First — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:09:55 +0000

Hot of the press from Havana, almost: Government newspaper the Daily Granma newspaper has exposed what it says are links between the United States government and Cuban dissidents.

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Cuba building 14,000 plastic homes

First — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:46:41 +0000

Following the example of regional ally Venezuela, Cuba is turning to plastic homes to solve a national housing shortage. Building materials will be supplied by Venezuelan state-owned firm Petrocasa, which already produces 60,000 of the units each year.

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When in Cuba

Boogie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:20:12 +0000

Cuba’s Housing Boom

First — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:45:28 +0000

Photo: Jose Goitia for The New York Times

HAVANA — Virtually every square foot of this capital city is owned by the socialist state, which would seem sure to put a damper on the buying and selling of property… But the people of Havana, it turns out, are as obsessed with real estate as, say, condo-crazy New Yorkers, and have similar dreams of more elbow room, not to mention the desire for hot water, their own toilets and roofs that do not let the rain seep indoors.

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SOURCE: With a Whisper, Cuba’s Housing Market Booms , Marc Lacey, The New York Times