Cuba's Young Cheer Investors as Rest Greet 'Hero' Spies
An agreement to loosen a five-decade-old embargo against Cuba has exposed a generational gap on the island. While younger Cubans are excited about the prospect of investment, higher wages and foreign travel, many Cubans over 45 are talking about the release of three spies little heard of outside the country.
December 31, 2014 at 05:51 AM
4 minute read
Since President Barack Obama announced plans to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba, sugarcane cutter Jose Luis Hernandez and his Communist labor squad have talked about little else. Forget the economic opportunities, though; they are thrilled by the U.S. release of three Cuban spies.
“We talk about them here every day,” Hernandez, 48, said as he tried to repair a 35-year-old Soviet harvester in a field in Rodas, Cienfuegos, province. “How did they arrive? How well are they looking? What are they eating?”
Two hundred kilometers away in the Miramar House of Music in Havana, the reaction was very different.
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