cuba
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Kayaking From Cuba To Florida With Gizmodo
A couple months ago a friend of mine approached me with something that sounded insane. Did I want to kayak from Cuba to Florida? I hadn’t paddled in a year, it was just a month away, and I’d just broken a rib. It was almost certainly a very, very stupid idea. So I said yes.
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The U.S. Tries To Pay Cuba About $4,000 A Year To Lease Guantanamo Bay
With the recent announcement that the US will normalize relations with Cuba, we expect a lot to change. Some travel restrictions will be loosened (though not lifted altogether), and you’ll be able to take back $US100 worth of Cuban cigars and rum if you head to the US afterwards. But will Cuba start cashing the…
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The Bizarre ‘Cuban Twitter’ Built To Help Undermine Castro
In one of the oddest reports of spy games we’ve heard in years — and that’s saying something — the AP has uncovered a United States plot to create a “Cuban Twitter” that would lure in users with soccer scores and music news before evolving its message into anti-Castro rhetoric. If any part of that…