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Will American tourism change Cuba Cuba for better or worse?

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Next week, the presidents at the U.S. and Cuba will meet for the first time since Fidel Castro's revolution of 1959.

The U.S. embargo is still on, but there's now an opening for American tourists who want to see

Cuba before it becomes Americanized. Historic buildings and old cars create nostalgia for life

in the 50s, but when average wages are $20 a month, they also illustrate poverty and decay.

Is Havana a museum piece that's about to be spoiled, or the capital of a desperate nation, hungry for change?

Today's talking point has the Internet ruined April Fool's Day?

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warman Alney, back with To The Point. For the first time since the U.S.

embargo of 1961, there's now a direct flight from New York to Havana. We'll hear what the

relaxation of diplomatic restrictions will mean for American tourists

and for the Communist Island 90 miles from American shores.

Today's talking point, April Fool's Day, used to be all good-natured fun and childish mischief.

As the Internet makes it harder to distinguish fact from fiction, though, the laughs are

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