{"id":11813,"date":"2014-12-22T08:31:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2014-12-22T08:31:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T12:31:15","slug":"an-swl-perspective-on-uscuba-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/an-swl-perspective-on-uscuba-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"An SWL perspective on US\/Cuba relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CubanFlag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5623\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CubanFlag.jpg\" alt=\"WFL_015\" width=\"475\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CubanFlag.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CubanFlag-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CubanFlag-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/london-shortwave.blogspot.com\/2014\/12\/us-and-cuba-set-to-re-establish.html?m=0\" target=\"_blank\">London Shortwave<\/a>, who has posted an article <a href=\"http:\/\/london-shortwave.blogspot.com\/2014\/12\/us-and-cuba-set-to-re-establish.html?m=0\" target=\"_blank\">on his blog<\/a> regarding\u00a0US\/Cuba relations after Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced, last Tuesday, the re-establishment\u00a0of relations. London Shortwave has included\u00a0recordings from the VOA, Radio Marti and Radio Havana Cuba.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/london-shortwave.blogspot.com\/2014\/12\/us-and-cuba-set-to-re-establish.html?m=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to read\u00a0the full article on London Shortwave&#8217;s blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who has posted an article on his blog regarding\u00a0US\/Cuba relations after Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced, last Tuesday, the re-establishment\u00a0of relations. London Shortwave has included\u00a0recordings from the VOA, Radio Marti and Radio Havana Cuba. Click here to read\u00a0the full article on London Shortwave&#8217;s blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[1800,2704,1396,184,1212,3481,10,182],"class_list":["post-11813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-cuba","tag-london-shortwave","tag-radio-havana-cuba","tag-radio-marti","tag-rhc","tag-united-states","tag-voa","tag-voice-of-america"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-34x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16383,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/castro-wants-an-end-to-us-broadcasts-directed-at-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":11813,"position":0},"title":"Castro wants an end to US broadcasts directed at Cuba","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: VOA News) Cuban President Raul Castro is urging the U.S. government to stop radio and television broadcasts that Cuba considers harmful, while also saying that his government is willing to keep improving relations with the United States. 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Emilio Vazquez shows me around, and we stop and watch two radio broadcasters behind a thick pane of glass. \u201cWe have a morning show known as \u2018El Revoltillo,\u2019 which is like an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Havana, Cuba (Photo: Wikimedia)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30862,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/budget-proposes-drastic-cuts-to-radio-marti\/","url_meta":{"origin":11813,"position":2},"title":"Budget proposes drastic cuts to Radio Mart\u00ed","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Note that the Edward R. 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Carlos notes: News bulletin from R\u00e1dio Habana, Cuba, on 11760 kHz, heard in Florian\u00f3polis, Brazil. https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZZIlo-r-DV8?si=UAfBDp57x41wT3rF","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Carlos-Latuff-RHC-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55268,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/silent-key-arnaldo-arnie-coro-antich-co2kk-of-radio-havana-cuba-has-passed-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":11813,"position":4},"title":"Silent Key: Arnaldo &#8220;Arnie&#8221; Coro Antich (CO2KK), of Radio Havana Cuba, has passed away","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this sad news via Horacio A. 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