Cuba's Capital Becomes Modern : A New Day in Havana / Nancy San Martin.
by San Martin, Nancy; Gonzalez, David; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 72Global Issues. Publisher: Knight-Ridder, 2001; New York Times, 2001ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Dollar -- American | Tourism -- Cuba | Cubans -- Attitudes | Cuba -- Economic conditions | Havana (Cuba) | Cuba -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A NEW DAY IN HAVANA" --- "More than 40 years after the Cuban Revolution [2001], Havana finally appears to be coming of age as the vivid reminders of a nation that had been stuck in a decades-old time warp begin to fade away." (MIAMI HERALD) This article examines how Cuba is developing economically, due largely to increased tourism.Summary: "IN CASTRO'S CHANGING WORLD, CLASHING VOICES" --- "This article examines how the tourism industry is affecting Cuba. "What economic growth there has been since the collapse of the Soviet Union and its subsidies has come through a painful invasion--not the gun-toting- soldiers Mr. [Fidel] Castro always warned about but hordes of camera-cqarrying tourists who amble down the narrow streets of the old city, sip mojitos at La Bodeguita del Medio or cavort at resorts that ordinary Cubans cannot afford." (NEW YORK TIMES)
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Cuba's Capital Becomes Modern: A New Day in Havana, May 27, 2001; pp. 1A+.
Originally Published: In Castro's Changing World, Clashing Voices, May 30, 2001; pp. A1+.
"A NEW DAY IN HAVANA" --- "More than 40 years after the Cuban Revolution [2001], Havana finally appears to be coming of age as the vivid reminders of a nation that had been stuck in a decades-old time warp begin to fade away." (MIAMI HERALD) This article examines how Cuba is developing economically, due largely to increased tourism.
"IN CASTRO'S CHANGING WORLD, CLASHING VOICES" --- "This article examines how the tourism industry is affecting Cuba. "What economic growth there has been since the collapse of the Soviet Union and its subsidies has come through a painful invasion--not the gun-toting- soldiers Mr. [Fidel] Castro always warned about but hordes of camera-cqarrying tourists who amble down the narrow streets of the old city, sip mojitos at La Bodeguita del Medio or cavort at resorts that ordinary Cubans cannot afford." (NEW YORK TIMES)
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