MGJR Volume 8 Winter 2023 | Page 10

Media coverage shattered the truth of its impact

CUBA : MY UP-CLOSE LOOK AT THE DAMAGE DONE BY THE U . S . BLOCKADE .

BY MICHAEL H . COTTMAN
HAVANA – for years , Cuba has remained an enigma . At least for me .
Touching down in Havana on a sweltering summer day , I didn ’ t know what to expect from this controversial communist republic .
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