Wednesday, January 07, 2009

In Cuba, Pinning Hopes on Obama

The Washington Post

Many Islanders Expect Better Relationship With U.S. Under New President

By William Booth
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, January 7, 2009; Page A08

HAVANA -- Vicente González says that although Barack Obama is no Karl Marx -- "he is a capitalist and likely an imperialist" -- he has high hopes that the new president could begin to warm the relationship between Cuba and the United States, which remains frozen in a Cold War time warp. "It is time," the Havana barber said, perhaps unwittingly repeating the Obama slogan, "for a change."

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