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Activities

Cuba

Tell students that in negotiations between long-time rivals, each side usually has to give up something in order to obtain better relations. Ask: Between the United States and Cuba, what do you think the United States should give up? What do you think Cuba should give up?

Ask students plan a trip to Cuba. What sites would they take in? Have them create an itinerary using online travel sites such as Lonely Planet and Frommer's.

Do you think that the Obama administration wants Cuba to "act like a slave," as Fidel Castro suggests? Why would the 82-year-old Castro use such a word, especially since U.S. and Cuban officials are going ahead with meetings?

 

Looking for Smart Stuff? Click here to download Issue 24's edition (PDF). Answers to the Issue 24 SmartStuff are listed on Page 2 of the Issue 24 Teacher's Guide that accompanies Current Events magazine.

Resources

Communist Cuban site with full text of Fidel Castro's April 30 article.

Profile of the Cuban-American community, much of which remains strongly anti-Castro.

General information about Cuba, from the CIA World Fact Book.

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