Word: cuba
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Discreetly mentioning your trip to Cuba these days is as likely to get you a knowing nod as a raised eyebrow. The U.S. House of Representatives two weeks ago voted to lift restrictions on Americans traveling to Castro's island paradise, but already it seems that half the people I know, from local lawyers to textile execs, either have just returned or are leaving next week for a business trip there. Of course, many of these travelers are really pursuing the business of Cohibas, mojitos and long-lost nieces. But just in case you're one of those who really...
...room of a private home--where artists sell often fine work for low prices. Small oil paintings of Santeria saints go for as little as $25, while some serious larger paintings cost $150 to $300. That's cash. No U.S. credit cards or traveler's checks are accepted in Cuba. Private art galleries disappear overnight, as do the famed paladares (private dining rooms, often in Cuban homes). If you find one you like, don't get attached...
...floor, still unsold. Come on, over 20,000 women can't be wrong PENTHOUSE READERS 94-year-old Dercy Goncalves will pose nude in the magazine's Brazilian edition. Editors say she's so hot that she can pass for 93, easy JOHN REESE Student pilot crashes in Cuba. Mistakenly believing he has found a new continent, he dubs it Johnania and offers to swap beads...
...Megahistory and personal history never integrate. Even the assault on Pearl has a curiously abstract air about it. Authentic figures such as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Jon Voight), Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) and heroic black mess attendant Doris "Dorie" Miller (Cuba Gooding Jr.) appear in supporting roles, and the backdrop reaches for historical accuracy?at least until it gets in the way of the main story...
Among the forgotten remnants of America's rickety Cuba policy are the thousands of Cubans who served the U.S. during World War II. Since 1963, Cuban vets--who worked at the Navy's Guantanamo Bay base and in many cases saw combat--have been denied the pension benefits owed them under U.S. law. Washington has long maintained that the money would line Fidel Castro's pockets. But now at least 250 plaintiffs hope to have a class action accepted in federal court to obtain their money. Lawyers say that official Cuban pension files were destroyed by fire; the government claims...