IDENTIDADES 1 ENGLISH IDENTIDADES 8 ENGLISH | Page 86

A Cuba for Obama
Jorge Luis Costa
Civil Construction Technician
Havana, Cuba

N

obody could believe it when
the media announced the visit
of US President Barack Obama
to Cuba from March 20 to March 22. It
would be the second time that an American President came to our archipelago,
after Calvin Coolidge landed in Havana
in January 1928. The historic event was
the current talk of the people, even
though the country was in a pitched
battle without truce against the mosquito spreading Zika. The visit was a much
stronger news than the epidemic itself
and many entertained the idea that, from
now on, many things would change for
the better. Most of us, the Cubans, are

always extremely naive. The preparations began in order to receive the
illustrious President and Nobel Peace
Prize Winner (2009). As usual the
buildings on the main avenues were
repaired, without any benefit for most
of the population. It happened, for
instance, on 12th Street in El Vedado,
municipality Plaza de la Revolution,
where most of the buildings date back
to the 1950s, when everything was built,
as a popularly saying states, in accordance with all the laws. Therefore, the
technical quality of these buildings is
good.

The building at the
corner of 12 and 21
Streets in repair

86