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...adventures of the all-black 99th Fighter Squadron, which first went into combat in April 1943 and eventually shot down 16 enemy planes, destroyed four more and damaged six others in just nine months. Laurence Fishburne (What's Love Got to Do with It), Allen Payne (New Jack City), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Outbreak) and Andre Braugher (TV's Homicide) play the much-decorated flyers. "Nothing compares to this," says Robert Williams, 73, an airman who sold the story concept to hbo after spending 43 years shopping it around Hollywood. "Not even flying 50 missions, shooting down two Germans and getting...
...holding a carrot. Desperate for foreign currency, he has opened up large sectors of his economy to foreign investment, an opportunity that American companies-and Cuban-American entrepreneurs-can't take advantage of because of the embargo. Meanwhile, the children of older refugees, now grown, have little memory of Cuba and less attachment to the dream of returning...
Most still oppose lifting the embargo, though, which means the White House must play a delicate game if it still hopes to attract Cuban-American voters in the crucial state of Florida. While Clinton has promised not to lift the embargo unless Cuba institutes free elections and other democratic changes, his Administration is open to easing some restrictions in return for partial measures from Castro. For now, the White House is thinking of making travel to Cuba easier for academics and religious figures, as well as lifting obstacles to the posting of Cuban journalists in the U.S. and American journalists...
...Babun, 47, is one of those who thought Fidel would be gone by now. Just 13 when he fled Cuba with his family, he now advises American clients like Royal Caribbean Cruises and Baskin-Robbins on ways to prepare themselves for the post-Fidel market. But he formed his company five years ago in hopes of doing joint ventures in Cuba of the kind the embargo still forbids. Today he must study each shift from Havana and Washington for nuances affecting his clients, an obsession he admits is not shared by the younger generation of entrepreneurs. "It's not true...
...creeping erosion in the embargo, have got behind a bill sponsored by North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. It would allow Cuban Americans whose homes or business holdings were confiscated by Castro to file suit in U.S. courts against foreign firms or individuals who do business in Cuba that involves their former properties. "Even if Cuban exiles cannot win back their property in the near future, we want to make sure no foreign investors get it either," says Nick Gutiarrez, a Miami attorney who represents a group of former Cuban sugar-mill owners...