Cuba comes in from the cold – at last
As a friend of and visitor to both the United States and Cuba, I am really pleased that, after 54 years, we have the news of a planned normalisation of relations between the two countries.
When I had a holiday in Cuba almost seven years ago [my account of the trip here], Fidel Castro had just stepped down from power and I was hoping for major reforms in Cuba and much improved relations with the US. It has taken a long time – but now we are making real progress.
I prepared for our trip to Cuba by reading the Fidel Castro biography “My Life” [my review here] and, during the holiday, I read the Martin Cruz Smith novel “Havana Bay” [my review here].