European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday april 15, 1986 new York times photo reconstructed buildings from colonial times add color to the historic port Section of Havana. Visiting Havana Byjah Debussey United press International t o latin leftists of the 1960s, Havana was a dangerous but attractive place to prove their credentials. Today the Sam streets Are traversed by latin american tourists soaking up Caribbean Sunshine. The Havana Libre free Havana formerly the Hiton is now filled with tourists from Brazil Argentina and Mexico who Only have to buy a plane ticket and a tour package to enter the county. It is a far cry from voyages of two decades ago. Then As one South american leftist described it you flew first to Madrid then to Prague and finally re crossed the Atlantic to Cuba. It was incredibly dangerous and difficult said the Man who asked not to be identified. If you were Ever arrested the first thing police asked was if you had been to tourists Are easily identified by their dress. Their baggy pants and oversize shirts in Bright colors contrast sharply with cuban styles Chunky Black leather shoes and polyester pants but cubans say their fashion Industry will try to catch up during the next five year plan. The revolution is not at War with fashion one communist party member said. Times have changed for foreign journalists too. Once rigorously assigned a foreign ministry escort journalists now can rent a car and drive around the capital with Only a few restrictions. Havana streets still abound with pre revolutionary automobiles consigned to museums or dumps in most parts of the world. Late Model fits zip alongside such classics As a 1942 Ford or a 1950s Plymouth with Tail fins. Havana s delicate colonial buildings Are intact but covered with peeling paint. The Only flashing billboard is directly in front of the . Interests Section. Imperialists. We Are not the slightest bit afraid of you says the sign in red yellow and Blue. There Are no beggars or tattered Shoeshine boys in the steels instead cuban children ask foreigners for chewing gum Candy and pens. Dance and music permeate the City. During cultural weeks performances under the Caribbean night sky Range from Rumba to tango. On Friday afternoons students gather in the Central Square in old Havana next to the Floridia restaurant made famous by american writer Ernest Hemingway swaying to something in the Way she moves by the beatles or one More night by grammy award Winner Phil Collins played on crackling speakers. Cubans from All walks of life tune in to radio Marti which is beamed from the United states. It has Good music said one woman. But they add this does not mean they have tuned out to the revolution or president Fidel Castro. When cubans speak of the Man who has led Cuba for the past 27 years he is always referred to As Fidel and never bookstores Are filled with shelves of Eastern bloc books on marxism but one Diplomat said that is misleading. Those books Are the ones cubans do not read a european Diplomat said. Such books As Fidel and religion a 23-hour interview with Castro and Noble prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez s love in times of anger Are gone within hours of their arrival an employee at the modern poetry Bookstore said. Officially Havana and Washington barely speak to each other but cubans Are invariably polite to americans. Ties now Are stronger than Ever said Catholic Bishop Carlos Manuel de Cespedes adding just about every cuban has relatives living in the United states. At the cuban bulgarian cooperative 60 Miles East of Havana local communist party Leader Ismael Abreu Millian 43, had one message for . 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