but we were told that even in five-star hotels supplies were spare.

By SHARON YAMATOIts hard to imagine anyone traveling to Cuba and coming back unchanged.I felt a powerful cultural exchange that came from sharing our mutual histories of injustice.

despite increasing numbers of beggars in the streets.He told us that because most Cubans make only $25 a month.the son of a Cuban diplomat who ended up in his home country and educated at the university as a historian.

many trained professionals like doctors or dentists end up working in restaurants or as tour guides to earn as much as $250 a week (barely a living wage here).Despite these historic ups and present-day downs.

There were also long queues that ended up at financial institutions where valuable American dollars could be converted to Cuban pesos.

Im certain he will share the story of the Japanese American incarceration with his.Little Tokyo Parkinson’s Support Group welcomes members

This extended closure will allow staff to install an exhibit.Manzanar National Historic Site is located at 5001 Highway 395.

The interpretive exhibits inside the Block 14 barracks and the mess hall will remain open and accessible seven days a week from 9 a.six miles south of Independence and nine miles north of Lone Pine.