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Article: A taste of salsa.(Cuban art and popular culture)
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- Newsweek
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- January 19, 1998
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Just as the world hankers for 'authenticity,' Castro cuts artists some slack. Result: Cuba is cool. Well, OK hot.
THE POPE'S PASTORIAL VISIT TO Cuba may bring the, island more attention than it's gotten since Castro's revolution--and those who blow its rich, lively Afro-Euro-Caribbean cultural scene will think it's about time. But well before John Paul's trip, Cuban culture had been rediscovered, thanks in part to an unlikely ally: Fidel Castro himself. Who for years had done his danmedest to stamp it out. Ever since the Soviet Union collapsed, Castro has been lightening up on the Orwellian atmospherics, encouraging tourism and the indigenous arts that help ...