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Thursday, August 20th, 2015

 

Cuba and the U.S. under the shadows of their flags

By Jesús Arboleya HAVANA — On Aug. 14, the Obama administration had what in journalistic terms is called “good press.” Its policy made headlines around the world, not in news about the successful bombings by U.S. drones somewhere, the handling of some domestic racial conflict, or new measures by the Federal Reserve that remind everyone that the economic crisis is not over, but because the U.S. flag flew gracefully and elegantly over a territory considered hostile by antonomasia, which now presents itself beautiful, warm and hospitable.