85 Cuba: What's Next?

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🗓️ 11 March 2007

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Now that Fidel Castro no longer heads the Cuban government, questions are emerging about whether Cuban authorities might start to relax control of its society, and how soon the U.S. government might rescind its economic embargo on Cuba. On the next Travel with Rick Steves, we examine some of the anxieties, possibilities and realities regarding Americans and Cuba. Rick welcomes Cuba expert Christopher P. Baker for a discussion of what's next for Cuba in these days of political limbo, and what it means for American travelers who want to go there. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Relations between the United States and Cuba have been troubled ever since Fidel Castro's
0:05.0	revolution installed a communist dictatorship there almost 50 years ago.
0:10.0	While Cuba is a favor with Europeans vacationing in the Caribbean, a strict embargo has made
0:14.4	it nearly impossible for Americans to legally visit our Caribbean neighbor.
0:19.5	But now that Fidel no longer heads the Cuban government, perhaps things are changing.
0:24.2	I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, we're going to explore some of the realities,
0:29.2	anxieties, and possibilities regarding Americans and Cuba. Guidebook author Christopher P. Baker and political climate. He'll fill us in on the appeal of Cuban culture, tell us what it's
0:44.7	like to live there, and explain what visitors can expect from a trip to Cuba.
0:48.8	Cuba just turns beyond like nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere. It is entirely unique.
0:54.0	We're exploring Cuba in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.
0:57.0	Stay with us.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. I'm Rick
1:15.2	Steve's. This is Travel with Rick Steve's today. It's Cuba and I have with me the man
1:19.5	who wrote the book. Christopher Baker joins me, Christopher wrote the Moon Handbook to Cuba, and it's out in a
1:25.0	brand new edition.
1:26.0	Christopher, thanks for joining us.
1:27.0	Rick, it's a tremendous pleasure to be back with you.
1:30.0	Now, why do you have this passion for Cuba?
1:32.0	You must be inspired to not just go there and hang up, but to share it with American
1:36.0	Oh absolutely. I mean Cuba just turns me on like nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere and it hit me
1:41.0	immediately I went to Cuba the first visit in 93.
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