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news source CUBA, FIDEL CASTRO Christopher P. Baker, the world’s foremost Cuba travel expert, is available for media interviews and public speaking engagements on Cuba and Fidel Castro. Baker He has visited Cuba more than 30 times, has traveled the island end to end four times, and has met Fidel Castro as well as leading members of the Cuban government. He has been privileged to address the National Press Club, National Geographic Society (“Live from National Geographic”), and World Affairs Council, and has appeared on ABC, Fox TV, NBC, NPR, and dozens of other radio and TV shows. Contact Baker at: 760-327-9879 or email www.cubatravelexpert.com

A true dream machine, Ivan Belvis’ sleek 1957 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer convertible seems at home amid the flamboyant mausoleums of Havana’s Cementerio Colón. Described as “an exercise in pious excess,” the cemetery is renowned for its highfalutin extravaganza of lavishly embellished vaults, tombs, and gravestones. The ‘57 Lancer displayed the same combination of good taste and triviality... from its “forward looking” chromed eyebrows to its trendily elegant swept wing. This classic beauty boasted a 245-horsepower V-8 engine, three-speed pushbutton TorqueFlite automatic selector, and a Highway Hi-Fi record player with a shock-resistant arm so that you could listen to your favorite 7-inch disk.

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