Younger Castro steers Cuba to a new revolution

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Landscapers are working hard on matters of equally urgent national strategy. Fifteen more golf courses and new marinas are being laid out in Cuba and they can’t be finished quickly enough: golfers from abroad will even be able to lease chalets and timeshares. The island’s hotels are packed. European visitors are pouring in. After decades of US-imposed isolation from high-speed internet, Cubans and their visitors are finally beginning to receive it via a new cable laid from Venezuela.

Yet Raul’s strategies are not confined to big infrastructure projects; they reach down deeper…  >continue<