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The pope has been there, Obama is there this week and the Rolling Stones are arriving soon. Everyone wants a chance to see Socialism one last time before it dies. But what is it like to visit Cuba for a former citizen of East Germany?
American tourists ride through Havana in a classic automobile past the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. US President Barack Obama is visiting Havana this week. He's the first American president to do so in 88 years.
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The rooftop restaurant El Cocinero is currently one of Havana's hotspots. In the socialist Cuba of today, crumbling buildings can be located next to trendy restaurants that wouldn't be out of place in New York or Berlin.
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José Pérez Quintana is the director of Havana's Museum of the Revolution. "A revolution changes, but it never ends," he says.
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Pelayo Terry Cuervo is the editor in chief of Granma, the official Communist Party mouthpiece. "Granma must also portray society, with all of its faults and mistakes," he says.
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