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Peter Kornbluth, The Nation

The day after President Obama ended his historic trip to Havana, Cubans turned on their TV sets and watched his surprise guest appearance in a skit on the popular weekly show Vivir del Cuento (Live by Your Wits). The show’s star, Pánfilo—a character created by Cuban comedian Luis Silva—is playing dominoes in his humble apartment against two friends, complaining that he needs a teammate. Lo and behold, the president of the United States walks in. “¿Qué bolá?” Obama says, Cuban slang for “What’s happening?” After chanting “Obama,

Obama, so nice you came to Havana,” Pánfilo asks the president how his visit is going.

“It’s been excellent!” Obama tells him. “The people have been wonderful. The food has been excellent, [also] the music. The Cubans here have all treated my family so nicely. I’m very grateful, and I’m so excited to be able to make this trip.”...

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4/29/16	Cubans getting bolder in acts against government Nora Gamez Torres, El Nuevo Herald
4/29/16	Philip Hammond 'keen to forge new links' with Cuba BBC
4/29/16	Cuba travel lawsuit against Carnival withdrawn Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/28/16	Controversial Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega retires Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/28/16	Lawmakers push to end political asylum for Cubans Sabrina Rodriguez, Politico
4/27/16	Alabama company says Cuba needs its tractors, but approval process is slow Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/27/16	Cardinal and Longtime Catholic Leader in Cuba to Step Down Victoria Burnett, The New York Times
4/27/16	Cuban players paid smugglers $15 million, prosecutors say Curt Anderson, AP
4/27/16	Disney Fantasy takes on wanted fugitives off Cuba Associated Press
4/26/16	Severe drought in eastern Cuba leads to water usage restrictions Nancy San Martin, The Miami Herald
4/25/16	Performances and jam sessions break the ice during first U.S. cultural mission to Cuba Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/25/16	U.S. business relations with Cuba seem to have one speed: Slow Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/25/16	Updating the Party: Cuba’s New (and Not So New) Leaders William LeoGrande, The Huffington Post
4/22/16	Cuba will allow Cuban-born to arrive on Carnival cruise ship Douglas Hanks, The Miami Herald
4/22/16	Cuba to cut prices on some consumer goods at hard currency stores: workers Reuters
4/21/16	Fidel Castro Urges Cuba's Communist Party to Fulfill His Vision Michele Gorman, Newsweek
4/21/16	Cuban exile activist Ramón Saúl Sánchez: a man with no country Alfonso Chardy, The Miami Herald
4/21/16	Top Cuban Academic and Advocate of Economic Reform Sacked for Allegedly Sharing Information with Americans Andrea Rodriguez, AP
4/21/16	AT&T urges FCC to drop Cuba restrictions BNAmericas
4/20/16	Cuba pops the bubble of high expectations JP Rathbone and Marc Frank, Financial Times
4/20/16	Americans beware: Cuba is wholesaling visas, then refusing entry — no refunds Fabiola Santiago, The Miami Herald
4/20/16	Cuba’s aging leaders to remain in power years longer Michael Weissenstein, AP
4/20/16	Fidel Castro speaks of death in address to Cuba's Communist Party Marc Frank, Reuters
4/19/16	U.S. talent agent deal with Cuban entrepreneur marks change in business climate Alan Gomez, USA Today
4/19/16	Cuba calls Obama visit 'an attack' as Communists defend ideology Reuters
4/19/16	Cuba to create 100,000 new tourist lodgings by 2030 EFE
4/19/16	Carnival opens bookings for Cuban-born guests pending a change in Cuba policy Chabeli Herrera, The Miami Herald
4/19/16	Cuba’s Communist Party Congress wants change, but also more of the same Mimi Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/18/16	Why even Google can't connect Cuba Mike Elgan, Computer World
4/18/16	Seventh Communist Party Congress in Cuba Divides Work into Committees Latin America Herald Tribune
4/17/16	Quietly, FIU students and professors resume long-banned travel to Cuba Christina Veiga, The Miami Herald
4/17/16	Are Cuba's Communist Leaders Ready For Life Without Castro? Carrie Kahn, NPR
4/16/16	Raúl Castro proposes age limits on key jobs in the CCP Nora Gamez Torres, El Nuevo Herald
4/16/16	Castro Offers Tough Appraisal of Cuba’s Slow Progress on Economic Reforms Jose de Cordoba, The Wall Street Journal
4/15/16	Post-Obama Visit, Cuba’s Communist Party to Signal Next Steps Jose de Cordoba, The Wall Street Journal
4/15/16	Gorgeous Photos Show How This Charity Is Helping Kids In Cuba ‘Free Their Minds’ Carolina Moreno, The Huffington Post
4/15/16	Investor, entrepreneur groups announce contest for Cuban entrepreneurs Nancy Dahlberg, The Miami Herald
4/14/16	U.S. Senator Rubio wants to end some benefits for Cuban immigrants Reuters
4/14/16	Cuban farmers in "agony" waiting for promised reforms Reuters
4/13/16	What will happen at the VII Congress of the CCP? Roberto Alvarez Quiñones, Diario de Cuba
4/13/16	Cuba loosens Communist control of some restaurant cooperatives Mark Frank, Reuters
4/13/16	Cuba’s creditors hire sovereign expert for debt talks Joseph Cotterill, The Financial Times
4/13/16	Our Inhumane Cuban Migrant Policy Isabel Albee, The Huffington Post
4/12/16	Emotions run high on idea of Cuban consulate in Miami Beach Joey Flechas, The Miami Herald
4/12/16	Party Time In Cuba – With Marx, Not Mojitos. Here's What The Congress May Do Tim Padgett, WLRN
4/12/16	Costa Rica says its doors are closed to Cubans Jose Melendez, The Miami Herald
4/11/16	Why most Americans interested in traveling to Cuba are not Floridians Chabeli Herrera, The Miami Herald
4/11/16	‘Cuban Twitter’ fallout found relief in FOIA’s glacial pace Associated Press
4/9/16	Blame it on the Yanquis? Cuba runs low on beer in tourism boom Reuters
4/8/16	Cuba's Future Economic Model in Spotlight at Party Congress Associated Press
4/8/16	Fidel Castro, Cuba's reclusive former leader, makes a rare appearance Reuters
4/8/16	Carnival cruise to Cuba discriminates against a class of Americans Fabiola Santiago, The Miami Herald
4/7/16	Don’t expect the Cuban government to be grateful when the embargo lifts John Carey, The Washington Post
4/7/16	U.S. - Cuba thaw: voices from the street Reuters
4/6/16	Current Record
4/6/16	What, Reserve a Table? Cubans Confront a New Dining Culture Michael Park, The New York Times
4/6/16	What Will Journalists Cover About Cuba This Year? NBC News
4/5/16	Tourism booming in Cuba with 14 percent increase in March Caribbean 360
4/5/16	Amnesty International takes on human rights issues from migrant crisis to Cuban dissidents during Miami meeting Miami Whitefield, The Miami Herald
4/4/16	Bleeding Cuban rafters rescued in Florida Straits likely shot themselves Alfonso Chardy, The Miami Herald
4/3/16	Cuba is changing, more for some than others Nora Gamez Torres, El Nuevo Herald
4/1/16	In Miami visit, Speaker Ryan sticks by Cuba embargo Marc Caputo, Politico
4/1/16	Advocacy group Engage Cuba hopes to end embargo, one state at a time Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino
4/1/16	What it’s like being the only U.S. bank in Cuba Bankrate
4/1/16	One reason for more Cuban arrests: more dissidents since U.S. opening Franco Ordoñez, McClatchy
4/1/16	Cuba After Obama Left John Lee Anderson, The New Yorker
4/1/16	Republicans who joined Obama in Cuba return hoping to change GOP minds about the embargo Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post
4/1/16	American leisure giant submits plans for new theme park in Cuba Independent

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