CUBA Philip Blackburn: Habanera (A Soundwalk through Old Havana, Cuba)

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:Fidel speaks, and speaks, and speaks (on three TV stations). Today's show covers slavery since the time of Pericles the Kyoto protocol, and terrorism in random order (Wasn't terrorism how he rose to…

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:Armed police are everywhere - Walkie talkies keep you safe and in line - Mani seller trying to move some tubes of roasted peanuts (not Money)…

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:What could inspire more admiration for the USA than a badly dubbed TV war movie?

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:There is little running water in Old Havana, a truck must come and fill up each building's tank every day: hoses on the cobbles, pumps, filling cisterns

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:Electroacoustic music has been made in Cuba since 1964, here by pioneers Juan Blanco and Juan Pinera - Back on the TV you can learn Spanish grammar using examples from Socialist…

Habanera: A Soundwalk Through Old Havana, Cuba:As the water tank fills one last time, George Riveron Pupo, a gay poet muses on the beauties of life, even amidst such tough conditions.