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How long were you there – are these pictures from this year? Who really pulls the strings in Cuba?
I was only there for a week, during the summer of 2017. This was an interesting time because the election just occurred.
Raul was apparently more conciliatory in allowing freedoms to the citizens, and at the time, I was told this led to an overall sense of hope for the future. The result has been that Cubans under 30 are enamored with America and Western culture, while older Cubans are concerned with preserving their own.
I got the sense that the regime has become largely drained of its true believers – it’s probably in something like a Brezhnev phase. Our main guide, and many of the other people we met, were descendants of revolutionaries – all of them expressed their issues with the country openly.
Each town has individuals who are designated as party-reps. Their homes are marked with a sign that I’ll show in a future post. These guys report up the chain, so you could probably say they have the most actual power.
Thanks for the pictures and information.
Ditto.
Hey! Who got rid of the “another time” part of my title. I mean, I know it probably isn’t grammatically correct (it’s just not my forte, unfortunately), but it was my favorite part of the title.
I suppose I’ll let this one slide….
When that happens, it’s usually an editor preparing the conversation for demotion to the Main Feed.
Hmmm. You don’t say!
Well, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup.