Word: cuban
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...took a bus back from the Federation of University Students at the University of Havana. As we travelled through residential sections and along the streets of Havana, we saw Cuban people walking on the sidewalks, sitting on porches, laughing and talking with friends. At several corners, I could see small groups waiting for buses. The people seemed very friendly. I noticed no tension or argument in their conversations...
Later that night, several of us left our hotel and walked the streets of Havana. It was about four in the morning. We noticed a Cuban couple strolling calmly down a dimly lit sidewalk. We passed them to their right--they smiled and waved. As we walked further into the housing area, we called out to two people who were leaning out a window enjoying the early morning air. They smiled at us and pointed across the street. On the wide sidewalk, there were three round tables and several wooden chairs. A group of Cubans sat together listening...
...tired of discussing politics with us. Outside, the sun stood in an ocean-blue background as fluffy white clouds floated by. It was a beautiful day for a field trip. We were on our way to the mountains--the Sierra Maestra mountains where Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and other Cuban revolutionaries began a war which culminated in the liberation of Cuba...
...spacious yards. Though simply dressed in tee-shirts and shorts, the kids were all very neat. With bright smiles, some returned our greetings, while others gave us curious glances. The droning sound of our bus contrasted with the intermittent chatter of our questions as we flooded our Cuban hosts with inquiries on the status of Cuban women, students' roles in a communist society, whether Fidel played basketball with the "masses," what was the "dictatorship of the proletariat...
...which Raul Castro commanded during the period of armed struggle. Now the front was a museum. A member of the Communist Party greeted us and began the tour. He explained that all the land stretching out from the area where we stood once belonged to a member of the Cuban national bourgeoisie. Along with other revolutionaries, Raul had seized this area, set up schools and gardens for the peasantry and maintained his headquarters. We walked into a small and rustic room which had served as Raul's military office. The museum still housed the original furniture which Raul had used...