Swimming to Guantanamo

From Elian to Obama - A Decade in Cuba under the U.S. Embargo

Nonfiction, Travel, Caribbean & Latin America, Caribbean & West Indies, Adventure & Literary Travel
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Author: Jim Ryerson ISBN: 1230000216162
Publisher: self-published Publication: February 4, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jim Ryerson
ISBN: 1230000216162
Publisher: self-published
Publication: February 4, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

Under a U.S. trade embargo imposed half a century ago, U.S. citizens are barred from traveling to Cuba. As a journalist, I began visiting Cuba in 1998 and during my more than 35 visits I’ve met hundreds of Cubans who have graciously shared their lives, music, food, culture and created my passion to tell their stories. In writing these stories, I’ve tried to counteract some of the false impressions about Cuba and its people, and to present an objective look at this fascinating neighboring country.

Many things have changed since that first visit and, while on the surface Cuba seems to be stuck in a time warp somewhere in the 1950’s, it is so much more than the old American cars, the Spanish colonial architecture of Old Havana or the waves crashing over the Malecón. Today Cubans have much more freedom, Communism is all but gone and President Raul Castro has thrown open the doors to a Socialist-based free enterprise that is catching on across the country.

What will come of this remains to be seen, but given the industriousness of the Cubans, they will make it work, and I will continue to tell their stories.

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Under a U.S. trade embargo imposed half a century ago, U.S. citizens are barred from traveling to Cuba. As a journalist, I began visiting Cuba in 1998 and during my more than 35 visits I’ve met hundreds of Cubans who have graciously shared their lives, music, food, culture and created my passion to tell their stories. In writing these stories, I’ve tried to counteract some of the false impressions about Cuba and its people, and to present an objective look at this fascinating neighboring country.

Many things have changed since that first visit and, while on the surface Cuba seems to be stuck in a time warp somewhere in the 1950’s, it is so much more than the old American cars, the Spanish colonial architecture of Old Havana or the waves crashing over the Malecón. Today Cubans have much more freedom, Communism is all but gone and President Raul Castro has thrown open the doors to a Socialist-based free enterprise that is catching on across the country.

What will come of this remains to be seen, but given the industriousness of the Cubans, they will make it work, and I will continue to tell their stories.

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