Being exposed to an entirely different culture is enough to strike most travelers with awe. My tear-filled moment of appreciation came when our study abroad group visited El Callejon de Hamel, the Afro-Cuban hub of Havana. Our professor took us there to see a show of traditional Afro-Cuban dancing. As we entered the neighborhood, the…
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The Trouble with Assassination
One of the most curious things I have learned about Cuban history, is not the Communist takeover, or never-ending shelf-life of Cold War era appliances, but the fact that Castro lived through 638 assassination attempts. SIX-HUNDRED-THIRTY-EIGHT. Surprisingly, I am not even that impressed with Castro’s ability to evade the grips of Death. I am more…