stray dog- outside one of Hemingways

Cuba

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January 28th 2011
Late night in Havana. We stroll through the old city. It's late but we feel safe. Crime we are assured is negligible, so we take a rickshaw and ask the driver to take us around for five dollars. He dives down some back streets. We are plunged almost into darkness. Malcolm gets uneasy. He fidgets. He is worried. Is not this Castro's famed socialist state? there's nothing to worry about. Th ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more