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May 23, 2016

Vin Diesel, Chanel spark cultural backlash in Cuba

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
Associated Press

HAVANA — “Fast and Furious.” U.S. cruise ships. A star-studded private celebration of Chanel.

The triple tsunami of global capitalism that pounded socialist Cuba this month has spawned a fierce debate about the downside of detente with the United States. Artists, writers and intellectuals who believe deeply in Cuba's opening to the world are questioning their government's management of an onslaught of big-money pop culture.


 
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