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Cam
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"Full Diplo Relations with Cuba to be Restored"


  

          

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1 YT man jailed in cuba = trade 3 spies to release
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I am going!!!!
Dec 17th 2014
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*PYERN*
Dec 17th 2014
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Fcuk what you heard Obama has been killing it lately.
Dec 17th 2014
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Yeah, if he finishes strong that's a big boost for the Dems in 2016
Dec 17th 2014
      Still a longs way off but I think the narrative will start to shift soon...
Dec 17th 2014
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Travel now, because when Jeb is in office, its the Miami Cubans turn to
Dec 17th 2014
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I thought this was about Diplo going to Cuba
Dec 17th 2014
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Thanks Obama!
Dec 17th 2014
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how does south fl. feel about this
Dec 17th 2014
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calle ocho probably shut down with protestors right now
Dec 17th 2014
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I bet the under 35 crowd supports it.
Dec 17th 2014
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^^^^ they do. Old heads gonna hate
Dec 17th 2014
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Rubio said just what I expected
Dec 17th 2014
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i can finally visit fam.
Dec 17th 2014
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OK:Re Havana 2016
Dec 17th 2014
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feat Cubanos with only pickles
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can we fit 30mil black folks on that island?
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Was inevitable. It's pretty easy to go now, I hear
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If they allow it, Cuba's economy could see double digit growth for a dec...
Dec 17th 2014
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Where would Cuba fall on the dick destination vacation hierarchy?
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I laffed but on the real, I bet it gets ranked pretty damn high n/m
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gotta have less STD's than DR & Brazil for at least the first 6 months
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Yeah, I believe the STD rate is pretty low there.
Dec 17th 2014
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I was thinking of destinations for the ladies, ala Jamaica
Dec 17th 2014
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pretty high, i imagine.
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I'm excited about this.
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This is huge. But fyi "regular" tourism is still prohibited
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I was planning on going in 2016 anyway, so now I can go legally.
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Not necessarily.
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      i think that's what she means
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           Those options have both been available for a long time
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           nah I meant, i wouldn't have to do the roundabout method
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Link - POTUS live statement
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DGI just got a collective erection by the way.
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This is cool...now pardon Assata
Dec 17th 2014
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that ain't gonna happen
Dec 17th 2014
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we have normal diplomatic realtions with several nations
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      that's true
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^^^^he'll prolly do it in his last 30 days. That would be awesome
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just watched barry's speech
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sounds good...
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fuckin right!!!
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Obama's speech (link)
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I actually feel like this could maybe be a bad thing for Cuba
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This shit scares me to death
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don't they deal w/Russia?
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...but what happens to the political activists like Assata?
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Normalizing relations doesn't necessarily mean...
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      ...bet, thanks.
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Verboten Fructhe: Cuba is dope but merely built up in American minds
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With less restrictions on trade Cuban food should improve exponentially
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      Brazil has the best fruit I've ever eaten.
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           RE: Brazil has the best fruit I've ever eaten.
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           i can tell you the EXACT place too. cafe at corcovado.
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           Cuban musical culture sons every other Caribbean
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                Also, what other country besides Haiti is touching the
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                     What Cuban artist is bigger than BOB MARLEY???
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                     Cuba has no music? What? That's half the reason I went
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                          again, Americans sensationalise Cuba
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                          David Calzado y la Charanga Habanera
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                          I agree with you, but Salsa comes from NYC
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                               I was gonna make one more edit to say that
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                               uh...no.
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                                    No it didn't. Puerto Ricans in NYC developed it.
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                                         See what I'm saying???
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                                              There's nothing to what you're saying - you and Bin
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                                              And again, Cuba's musical legacy is the Son.
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                                              That first song sound like La Bamba
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                                              Just holler at the Cuban music wiki
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                     Brazil is deeper than Cuba but I agree.
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                          Well Santeria was largely driven underground by the Communists.
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The Pope and Canada helped make it happen *swipe*
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#handsoffassata
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^^^^^^
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http://s2.postimg.org/p1it1zjwp/bocub.png
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Cam
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1. "Article link"
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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7f7f6bba9d934897a07b09039fd25e38/ap-source-cuba-releases-us-prisoner-alan-gross

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in U.S. policy toward the communist island in decades, American officials said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid a series of new confidence-building measures between the longtime foes, including the release of American Alan Gross and the freeing of three Cubans jailed in the U.S.

President Barack Obama was to announce the policy changes from the White House at noon Wednesday.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, said the U.S. and Cuba were moving toward normalized banking and trade ties. He also said the U.S. was poised to open an embassy in Havana in the coming months.

"This is going to do absolutely nothing to further human rights and democracy in Cuba," Rubio said in an interview. "But it potentially goes a long way in providing the economic lift that the Castro regime needs to become permanent fixtures in Cuba for generations to come."

Gross, 65, was on an American government plane bound for the U.S. Wednesday morning after being released on humanitarian grounds by the Cuban government at the request of the Obama administration. As part of the secret negotiations to secure his release, the U.S. was releasing three Cuban jailed in Florida for spying.

Cuba President Raul Castro planned to speak at noon about Gross' release, according to Cuba's U.N. mission.

Obama administration officials have considered Gross' imprisonment an impediment to improving relations with Cuba.

Cuba was also releasing a non-American intelligence "asset" along with Gross, according to a U.S. official. That official and others spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be identified by name before Obama's remarks.

Bonnie Rubinstein, Gross' sister, heard the news from a cousin, who saw it on television.

"We're like screaming and jumping up and down," she said in a brief telephone interview from her home in Texas.

Gross was detained in December 2009 while working to set up Internet access as a subcontractor for the U.S. government's U.S. Agency for International Development, which does work promoting democracy in the communist country. It was his fifth trip to Cuba to work with Jewish communities on setting up Internet access that bypassed local censorship.

Cuba considers USAID's programs illegal attempts by the U.S. to undermine its government, and Gross was tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The three Cubans released in exchange for Gross are part of the so-called Cuban Five — a group of men who were part of the "Wasp Network" sent by Cuba's then-President Fidel Castro to spy in South Florida. The men, who are hailed as heroes in Cuba, were convicted in 2001 in Miami on charges including conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents in the U.S.

Two of the Cuban Five were previously released after finishing their sentences.

In a statement marking the fifth anniversary of Gross' detention earlier this month, Obama hinted that his release could lead to a thaw in relations with Cuba.

"The Cuban Government's release of Alan on humanitarian grounds would remove an impediment to more constructive relations between the United States and Cuba," Obama said in a statement.

Gross' family has said he was in ailing health. His wife, Judy, said in a statement earlier this month that Gross has lost more than 100 pounds, can barely walk due to chronic pain, and has lost five teeth and much of the sight in his right eye. He has begun refusing to see his wife and daughter, the new chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and members of Cuba's small Jewish community, who had been visiting him on religious holidays.

Obama has taken some steps to ease U.S. restrictions on Cuba after Raul Castro took over as president in 2010 from his ailing brother. He has sought to ease travel and financial restrictions on Americans with family in Cuba, but has resisted calls to drop the embargo.

Among the expected changes as a result of the improvement in U.S.-Cuba relations is that licensed American travelers to Cuba will now be able to return to the U.S. with $400 in Cuban goods, including tobacco and alcohol products worth less than $100 combined. This means the long-standing ban on importing Cuban cigars is over, although there are still limits, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the official White House announcement.

The surprise prisoner swap has echoes of the deal the U.S. cut earlier this year to secure the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held by the Taliban. In exchange for his release in May, the U.S. turned over five Taliban prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

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Associated Press writers Jessica Gresko, Jack Gillum, Ken Dilanian and Edie Lederer contributed to this report.

  

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bentagain
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2. "1 YT man jailed in cuba = trade 3 spies to release"
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murder of unarmed citizens by police = crickets

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EAS
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3. "I am going!!!!"
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well........not yet.........but i am excited.

  

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4. "*PYERN*"
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5. "Fcuk what you heard Obama has been killing it lately. "
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Wed Dec-17-14 11:14 AM by Buddy_Gilapagos

  

          

Russia looks weak as shit as the sanctions kicking in.
Fuel is as cheap as it's been in a minute (of course nothing to do with BHO).
Jobs report.

Now this here!?!??! Yo if he gets a deal with Iran. This is history books stuff.


This is has been on the top of my list for the last 5 presidencies. I love it.


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"Yeah, if he finishes strong that's a big boost for the Dems in 2016"


  

          

  

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16. "Still a longs way off but I think the narrative will start to shift soon..."
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If he can do the things I mention and successfully resolve Syria he will be alright.


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6. "Travel now, because when Jeb is in office, its the Miami Cubans turn to "
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burn...

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7. "I thought this was about Diplo going to Cuba"
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Wed Dec-17-14 11:19 AM by Teknontheou

  

          

to jack beats.

  

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T Reynolds
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8. "Thanks Obama!"
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Wed Dec-17-14 11:18 AM by T Reynolds

  

          

Resort World here we come!

Meanwhile I know mad people that were going in the last few years to beat the crowds lol

  

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9. "how does south fl. feel about this"
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10. "calle ocho probably shut down with protestors right now"
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11. "I bet the under 35 crowd supports it."
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23. "^^^^ they do. Old heads gonna hate"
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but the hardcore hardliners are dying off, the new generation has been taking over

ICYMI: Miami has a Dem mayor, Obama won both times, even Crist won here in the last gov election.

Of course due to gerrymandering Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart will stay in Congress for life, but Dade county is blue.

Old heads will make noise, but that's all

  

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Marbles
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17. "Rubio said just what I expected"
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Wed Dec-17-14 11:29 AM by Marbles

  

          

I imagine there's a big segment of the Cuban-American population down there that's pissed. And it's probably the ones with lots of old money.

This is from the NY Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/americas/us-cuba-relations.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, considered a prospect for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, told The Associated Press: “This is going to do absolutely nothing to further human rights and democracy in Cuba. But it potentially goes a long way in providing the economic lift that the Castro regime needs to become permanent fixtures in Cuba for generations to come.”

  

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12. "i can finally visit fam. "
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13. "OK:Re Havana 2016"
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14. "feat Cubanos with only pickles"
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HOLD THE PORK AND MAYO

  

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15. "can we fit 30mil black folks on that island?"
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I'll be going-- sign me up.

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18. "Was inevitable. It's pretty easy to go now, I hear"
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Shit has been lax for a minute (all of OBeezy's presidency and maybe longer).

I would say go now or at the very latest the earliest part of it opening up.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

  

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19. "If they allow it, Cuba's economy could see double digit growth for a dec..."
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They could also stay true to their socialist history and pump so much of that money into infrastructure, education and public goods.


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20. "Where would Cuba fall on the dick destination vacation hierarchy?"
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21. "I laffed but on the real, I bet it gets ranked pretty damn high n/m"
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22. "gotta have less STD's than DR & Brazil for at least the first 6 months"
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25. "Yeah, I believe the STD rate is pretty low there."
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Castro was rounding up people who tested positive for HIV and putting them in camps, at one point.

  

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27. "I was thinking of destinations for the ladies, ala Jamaica"
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60. "pretty high, i imagine."
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the Cubans son mucho exoticos.

fuck you.

  

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24. "I'm excited about this. "
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I still have fam down there and this should be a good look.

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26. "This is huge. But fyi "regular" tourism is still prohibited "
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and the embargo is to remain in place.
These are incredible first steps to take.
I has just been thinking over the past week how I wanted to go back to Cuba.

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28. "I was planning on going in 2016 anyway, so now I can go legally."
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29. "Not necessarily."
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Tourism is still prohibited.
But there will be ways to travel on arts-based, or educational trips.

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30. "i think that's what she means"
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if i had stayed in school and gone the grad/post-grad route i was going to go for research purposes

  

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32. "Those options have both been available for a long time"
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limited in numbers, but available. These new measures should open them up quite a bit. So I took her "legally" statement to mean tourism, because to there HAVE been ways to go legally.

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41. "nah I meant, i wouldn't have to do the roundabout method"
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that no one would have to sneak...but if tourism is still going to be restricted, then either I will still have to go the bootleg way or try to do it for "research purposes." which might work if I can finish developing this hypothesis about child birth and maternal health in the US vs other nations. Cuban can always be a good source.

  

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31. "Link - POTUS live statement"
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-delivers-statement-cuba

  

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33. "DGI just got a collective erection by the way. "
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34. "This is cool...now pardon Assata"
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Before hoe ass dog the bounty hunter catches feelings

  

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36. "that ain't gonna happen"
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but if the U.S. does fully normalize relations with Cuba how would that would jeopardize Assata's status. would it be possible that she could be extradited?

  

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37. "we have normal diplomatic realtions with several nations"
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with whom we have no extradition treaty.

  

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43. "that's true"
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possibility is always there though.
guess it remains to be seen.

  

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67. "^^^^he'll prolly do it in his last 30 days. That would be awesome "
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prototype

stand ur ground, believe in urself,
believe in love, prepare urself for love, remove the negativity from ur life, and accept the love u kno u deserve

  

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35. "just watched barry's speech"
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significant portions of his speech had a tenor of being the great savior - uplifting the cuban people.

he did share some wisdom about doing the same things expecting different results. he even used china and vietnam as examples of countries in which we have relations.

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38. "sounds good..."
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https://banafrit.com/
http://middlebrainmedia.com/

  

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39. "fuckin right!!!"
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fuck you.

  

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40. "Obama's speech (link)"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acPgLpsSRzs

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42. "I actually feel like this could maybe be a bad thing for Cuba"
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if there's too much connecting with the US. Right now we're the only terrorists they have to deal with.

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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days

  

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44. "This shit scares me to death"
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as a person who's been to Cuba and hearing Obama talk about US corporations' interests in the region...

It also has me hopeful that the lives of Cubans will soon be getting easier.

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61. "don't they deal w/Russia?"
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fuck you.

  

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45. "...but what happens to the political activists like Assata? "
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...I'm only asking... I have no clue.

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46. "Normalizing relations doesn't necessarily mean..."
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...extradition treaties will exist.

  

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47. "...bet, thanks."
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48. "Verboten Fructhe: Cuba is dope but merely built up in American minds"
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If you didn't know any better you couldn't tell if you were in Havana or Santo Domingo
Well, besides the 1950s cars.

Americans have a love affair with all things forbidden by our govt.
Kinda like weed.
Weed is cool, but it is usually sensationalised to be something greater by the likes of Snoop Dog

If the price is right it makes for a nice vacay

Otherwise, there are better islands to visit.
Cuba's beaches ain't touching Anguilla's or St Barth's
Cuba's food is trash
The people were cool.
I think Jamaica has more culture than Cuba.

Heh.

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50. "With less restrictions on trade Cuban food should improve exponentially"
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But I agree, the food their by in large isn't great. Fruits are off the chain. I've never had a better mango, pineapple, guava, papaya... but cooked dishes tend to be lacking.

I don't know how some place could have "more" or "less" culture than some place else, but, that's your opinion i guess.

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52. "Brazil has the best fruit I've ever eaten."
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>I don't know how some place could have "more" or "less"
>culture than some place else, but, that's your opinion i
>guess.


I guess I mean projected culture.
Just like American is projected around the world very deeply folks say Americans have more culture than Pakistan.

When you think of "cuban culture" what do you think of?
When you think of "jamaican culture" what do you think of?
When you think of "japanese culture" what do you think of?

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53. "RE: Brazil has the best fruit I've ever eaten."
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Yo! I have to wholeheartedly support this. Everytime I go down there I get pissed that customs regulations won't let me bring back persimmons.

True story - Brazil is the only place where I will eat beets. Their beets are just SO GOOD. tried them in the US, hated them. But I fuck up some beets in Brazil.

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54. "i can tell you the EXACT place too. cafe at corcovado."
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it was a plate of mixed fruit
but the mango and pineapple stood out like POW!!!

im soooo mad i didn't steal that plate
actually i tried to but my potna wouldn't let me stick it in her purse

hawaii has the best guava
with jamaica coming a close second

nothing in cuba really stood out to me food wise

and churrrascaria
oooo LAWD


i still think some countries have more culutre than others.
like, what is cayman islands culture?
what is canadian culture?
gravy and cheese curds on french fries, i guess.
timmy hortons?

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55. "Cuban musical culture sons every other Caribbean"
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Island. And I say that as someone who has tremendous respect for Jamaica, Trinidad, and loves Haitian music.

  

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56. "Also, what other country besides Haiti is touching the "
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richness of Cuban black folk-religious culture? In the Caribbean, I mean.

  

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57. "What Cuban artist is bigger than BOB MARLEY???"
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>richness of Cuban black folk-religious culture? In the
>Caribbean, I mean.


nobody dont even know any Cuban artist besides Ricky Ricardo
what is "cuban music"?
there is none.
but REGGAE is authentically JAMAICAN
SoCa has been co-opted by Trinidad and fed to the world via Trinis

Jamaicans make up all them passa-passa dances

Hey Mon!

One Love!

them are two widely known "jamaican sayings" said in whack jamaican accents by ofays around the world

back to the music...
jamaica has put out DOZENS of HOUSEHOLD NAMED music artist
cuba has no form of music it can call it's own
salsa?
that's in every latin american country
some say originated in cuba
some say puerto rico
some say venezuela
new yuricans say the bronx

im not sure many think "cuba" when they think salsa or hear celia cruz
but soon as they hear bob marley or buju banton they think jamaica and weed

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58. "Cuba has no music? What? That's half the reason I went "
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there.

Salsa comes from Son. There's basically unanimous agreement that Salsa used Cuban Son as its foundation and added jazz and Boogaloo on top of that.

But to the point, Cuban music has a respected and admired place throughout basically all of Latin America today, more or less. Edited to include Timba, which has been big in Latin America for the last 25 years.

One more edit to include the impact of Cuban music on West African popular music since the 40s.

Not to mention Mambo and Cha Cha, which are also offshoots of Son.

Trues Bob Marley is a world icon of Third World music, but Reggae is a narrower genre than Son and it's offshoots, especially within the Latin American world.

  

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59. "again, Americans sensationalise Cuba"
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cool.
you went to cuba for music.
worldwide "cuban music" aint known
nor are the artist
but REGGAE music?
Bob Marley?
you could play Eek-A-Mouse to someone in Baghdad and they will tell you it hails from jamaica.
Play some chan-chan to someone from Belarus and they wouldn't be able to pinpoint the country.

That's all I'm saying.

Play some Jazz, Muddy Watters or Kendrick Lamar to someone in Turkmenistahn and they will say AMERICA!

brand recognition m'dude.

Cuban music might be respected and admired by PhD music theorist
but to the layman on the street or in the club
nobody dont know Cuban artists specifically

kinda like Steel Pan music is the catchall for the caribbean
brand recognition

I think Cuba is cool
But it's not some magical place like Disneyland
like I said, there are far better beaches in the caribbean

Old San Juan, Santo Domingo and Havana are interchangeable to me


On the sensationalise part...
even folks in this thread are big upping Cuba's black population
when Dominican Republic gots HELLA blacks


So I can be educated
can you name a few Cuban artist you're feeling so I can be down?
if it helps,
some of my fave Dominican artists are:
Tono Rosario
Juan Luis Guerra
Sergio Vargas




>there.
>
>Salsa comes from Son. There's basically unanimous agreement
>that Salsa used Cuban Son as its foundation and added jazz and
>Boogaloo on top of that.
>
>But to the point, Cuban music has a respected and admired
>place throughout basically all of Latin America today, more or
>less.
>
>Not to mention Mambo and Cha Cha, which are also offshoots of
>Son.
>
>Trues Bob Marley is a world icon of Third World music, but
>Reggae is a narrower genre than Son and it's offshoots,
>especially within the Latin American world.

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64. "David Calzado y la Charanga Habanera"
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Benny More
Bambleo (their pre 2004 stuff is best)
Los Van Van
Pupy y Los Que Son Son
Haila Mompie
Arsenio Rodriguez
Celia Cruz
Manolito Simonet
Chappotin
Trio Matamoros
Maravillas de Florida
Adalberto Alvarez
Issac Delgado
NG La Banda
Irakere


  

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62. "I agree with you, but Salsa comes from NYC"
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63. "I was gonna make one more edit to say that"
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but I didn't feel like it.

Puerto Ricans uptown and in the Bronx took first and foremost Cuban Son, then Bomba, Plena, jazz and Soul and mixed them up to make salsa in the 60s.

  

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65. "uh...no. "
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Salsa came from Puerto Rico

Cmon man

  

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66. "No it didn't. Puerto Ricans in NYC developed it."
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It didn't happen in Puerto Rico.

  

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68. "See what I'm saying???"
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I told you above Salsa is not a CUBAN music
but no one will EVER refute that reggae isn't jamaica or jazz or hip hop isn't American

I'm still yet to see an AUTHENTICALLY "cuban culture"

the british have Drum and Base

Spanish have Flamenco

Mexicans have that La Tigres Del Norte music with that heavy ass baseline and all them gritas (shout out to Garibaldi Square)

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70. "There's nothing to what you're saying - you and Bin "
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don't know what you're talking about about the origins of Salsa. All the real fans of Salsa will tell you that it came together in NYC by mostly Puerto Ricans in the 60's. Just because you and him didn't know that doesn't mean that it isn't settled and well understood.

  

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71. "And again, Cuba's musical legacy is the Son."
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I'm starting to think you just don't now what the Son is.

This is moreso Mambo, but it's still part of the "Son Complex"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-4pHTGxjiI

This is the original Son. I think they used this in this song past season of Boardwalk Empire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GGAyEskVDY

This is Chapottin iplaying Son Montuno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W01XaLTvzM

The last two clips are from Cuban television in the 50's or 60's

Salsa was built on top of this music by Puerto Ricans in New York. Willie Colon would tell you as much.

  

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76. "That first song sound like La Bamba"
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Again,
you have to be a musical historian or really give a hoot in order to know about "the son"
reggae music is known WORLDWIDE that it comes from jamaica
same with JAZZ and HIPHOP
rock n roll???
AMERICA!
bossa nova?
BRAZIL

yes, other islands such as Anguilla has their own culture and musicians (shout out to The Mussingtons, Sprocka, Banky Banx and British Dependency) but that don't mean it's widely known
this was about a one country having more or less "culture" than another.

fact remains Jamaica has a bigger cultural influence on music than cuba does/did






>I'm starting to think you just don't now what the Son is.
>
>This is moreso Mambo, but it's still part of the "Son
>Complex"
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-4pHTGxjiI
>
>This is the original Son. I think they used this in this song
>past season of Boardwalk Empire:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GGAyEskVDY
>
>This is Chapottin iplaying Son Montuno
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W01XaLTvzM
>
>The last two clips are from Cuban television in the 50's or
>60's
>
>Salsa was built on top of this music by Puerto Ricans in New
>York. Willie Colon would tell you as much.

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72. "Just holler at the Cuban music wiki"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Cuba


The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by West African and European (especially Spanish) music. Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban music is often considered one of the richest and most influential regional musics of the world. For instance, the son cubano merges an adapted Spanish guitar (tres), melody, harmony, and lyrical traditions with Afro-Cuban percussion and rhythms. Almost nothing remains of the original native traditions, since the native population was exterminated in the 16th century.

Since the 19th century Cuban music has been hugely popular and influential throughout the world. It has been perhaps the most popular form of regional music since the introduction of recording technology. Cuban music has contributed to the development of a wide variety of genre and musical styles around the globe, most notably in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Europe. Examples include rhumba, Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, soukous, a wide variety of West African re-adaptations of Afro-Cuban music (Orchestra Baobab, Africando), Spanish fusion genres (notably with flamenco), and a wide variety of genres in Latin America.

  

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69. "Brazil is deeper than Cuba but I agree."
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>richness of Cuban black folk-religious culture? In the
>Caribbean, I mean.


If the embargo wouldn't have happened maybe Cuba would be on par with Brazil with their Santeria/Candomble houses and such

Ile Aiye and Olodum are the biggest groups of their type in Brazil.
I wonder what the equivalent would have become in Cuba over the last 50 years?

Domincan Republic has a large Black population but not as much Santeria going on.
That's reserved for the Haiti side of Hispaniola.

But then again,
I'm not sure how much Santeria I witnessed in Cuba either.
But in Brazil candomble's presence was THICK

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73. "Well Santeria was largely driven underground by the Communists."
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They had to practice it in secret from basically 1960 through maybe 2000. But I went to a Tambor in Old Havana when i was there and probably 40 - 50 people from the neighborhood (almost all black) rolled through like it was a family reunion.

And Brazilian music is extremely deep, but because it's the only Portuguese speaking country in Latin America, there wasn't as much of a market for it outside of Brazil or maybe Buenos Aires before Bossa Nova came along.

  

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49. "The Pope and Canada helped make it happen *swipe*"
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http://www.vox.com/2014/12/17/7408955/cuba-deal-pope-francis-canada

The negotiations that led to today's announcement, in which the US and Cuba will take major steps toward normalization, took 18 long months, according to a report in the New York Times. And many of those negotiations were held in Canada, formally but secretly hosted by the Canadian government.

Canada was helping to solve two crucial problems. First, the talks needed to remain secret to have any hope of succeeding — had they leaked, the political backlash in the US would have almost certainly killed the deal.

Second, for diplomatic reasons, the talks could not be held on US or Cuban soil, but the negotiators needed a physical meeting place. The Canadian government, which unlike the US does have ties with Cuba but is also extremely close to the US government, was an obviously attractive broker for the US. While Canadian officials did not officially participate in the talks, their role in providing a secret and official channel was crucial, according to US officials.

The Pope actively participated in getting the deal

If Canada was essential for providing the Americans with a safe and secure forum for talks, then Pope Francis played a similar role in helping to bring the Cuban leaders to the negotiating table. And, unlike Canadian officials, who did not sit at from the formal talks, Vatican officials participated actively in discussions.

Pope Francis' role included sending a personal letter to both Obama and Raul Castro over the summer urging them to reach a deal (talks were already ongoing at that point). Francis also reportedly raised the issue repeatedly in his meeting with Obama in March. And Francis hosted the final negotiation session at the Vatican, where Vatican officials participated in the talks.

Pope Francis has an obvious and very important role to play in talks, especially in building trust with the Cuban leadership. Francis, the first-ever pope from Latin America, is seen in the region as someone who can talk to the US but who is sympathetic to long-held Latin apprehensions about American dominance in the region. So he is politically well-positioned as an intermediary that the Cubans can trust.

Francis was also able to push Cuban leaders to continue negotiating. The Catholic church has deep roots in majority-Catholic Cuba, even after Fidel Castro's experiment with Communist-style state atheism, and still plays a real role in politics there. As pope, Francis would have real diplomatic capital and connections within Havana.

This is Francis's first major diplomatic accomplishment since he became pope in 2013. Pope John Paul II, who served from 1978 to 2005, also had a long record of brokering diplomatic negotiations, including in Latin America.

  

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