2023-08-25 11:03:15
Even Joe Biden will not end the ice age that has prevailed between the countries since the Cuban Revolution in 1959. The influence of the Cuban exiles in Miami is too great.
In front of the American embassy on Havana’s Malecón promenade, workers dismantled the “Anti-imperialist José Martí Tribune” under the scorching Caribbean sun. It was built in early 2000, amid the diplomatic tug-of-war over little Elián González, who was wheeled onto the Florida coast in late 1999. His mother drowned trying to escape, and his father, who stayed behind in Cuba, demanded Elián’s return. Tens of thousands protested with him at the stands where revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered incendiary speeches against the Yankee imperialists.
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