What Is Happening in Cuba?
July 17, 2021 8:34am
www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/210717
The above photos were taken in Havana, Cuba at the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso following President Obama's speech on March 22, 2016. The journalist on the left is Sheyla Paz, a Cuban-born American citizen who resides in Nashville. She and I met while we were serving with the Official White House Press Corps in Havana during Barack Obama's visit. I looked for a single photograph of us together but apparently we never took one.
In light of the civil unrest in Cuba protesting the communism-induced shortages of freedom, food, electricity, gasoline, and medicine, I asked Sheyla to come on my radio program this morning to share the insight she has from living in Cuba for 28 years. We discussed the situation in Cuba and what she hopes the protests will accomplish.
That episode aired on WPNN Radio this morning and is now archived online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/210717
To learn more about Sheyla, you can read her blog at www.YourTourGuideToCuba.com. She can arrange your travel to Cuba once it reopens to foreign visitors. It is definitely worth visiting.
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P.S. I was in Cuba reporting on the president's visit for WEBY Radio. But I also filed some special reports about the trip for the Pensacola News Journal. If you care to read them, they are still online at the Pensacola News Journal website.
3/19/16: Column: Visiting Cuba with President Obama
3/21/16: Mike Bates in Cuba: Traveling no easy task
3/21/16: Mike Bates: Enthusiasm, optimism in Cuba
3/22/16: Presidential visit, baseball game help with the healing