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1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min. 29 sec.) ; 146939959 bytes |
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Cuba conjures up vivid images - either Castro's socialist paradise or a totalitarian nightmare, depending on your politics - and still doggedly holding out against American capitalism, but that's all about to change.In April this year, Barack Obama and Raul Castro had an historic meeting in Panama City to announce a thaw in relations with the goal to eventually put an end to the 50 year US embargo."Everyone wants to see how we can move Cuba towards change," says Professor of International Relations in Latin America, Dr Alfredo Leyva de Varona."The thing is - how much is it going to be possible?"The changes will increase trade, internet access, the flow of culture, information and eventually people between the two countries and one of the questions will be, can Cuba change without losing itself?On Tuesday's Dateline, Aaron Thomas travels to Cuba to look at the impact through one of the few public spaces where politics and free expression can collide - music.73-year-old Rumba musician Giovanni Del Pino Rodriguez is part of Cuba's old guard. His fans include Fidel Castro himself."I think it will be positive for both peoples, for the Cubans as much as Americans," he tells Aaron. "We have both been engaged in low-grade politics for a long time and in dirty propaganda for years."Cuban Hip Hop artist Barbaro El Urbano is a young musician playing a very different tune and says older generations are slow to acknowledge Cuba's domestic problems."We are willing to fight against the things we disagree with. My generation has felt that way from birth," he says.Barbaro is constantly testing the limits of the law with his lyrics. He raps about the hardships of living on the socialist island."Most of the themes in my music are social, relating to my personal story, issues such as domestic violence, police abuse, racism, and my concerns with some government decisions." |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-09-08 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Cubans -- Politics and government.
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Cubans -- Social conditions.
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Economic development -- Forecasting.
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Music -- Cuban influences.
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Music -- Social aspects.
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Revolutions -- Social aspects.
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Cuba.
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Streaming video
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Thomas, Aaron, reporter
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Leyva de Varona, Adolfo, contributor
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Dulzaides, Leonor Suarez, contributor
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Farinas, Guillermo, contributor
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Lopez, Ernesto, contributor
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Mosse, Milan, contributor
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Obama, Barack, contributor
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Omni, David, contributor
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Resik, Magda, contributor
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Rodriguez, Giovanni Del Pino, contributor
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Rodriguez, Silvio, contributor
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Vargas, Barbaro El Urbano, contributor
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