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WORLD NEWS Friday 16 June 2017
Cubans brace for worst as Trump takes aim at Obama opening

ing relatives in the U.S. And He hasn’t seen his life im-
while some Cuban exiles in prove much since the U.S.
South Florida are celebrat- and Cuba re-established
ing, others question the wis- friendly relations, but the re-
dom of undoing a policy start of commercial flights
that had started showing after a half-century gave
results by increasing the his wife hope she could af-
number of Cubans eco- ford to visit her 19-year-old
nomically independent of son who emigrated to the
the government.In 1980, U.S. two years ago.Trump’s
some 125,000 Cubans fled looming policy change
the port of Mariel on boats has her worried that the
to the U.S. in the largest cheaper, more conve-
single exodus of refugees in nient flights could soon be
modern Cuban history. To- a thing of the past.“All of
day, the city 30 miles west the problems between the
of Havana is home to the two countries need to end
county’s main cargo fa- so she can go to the U.S.
cility, where freighters un- Embassy and say, ‘I want
load containers of supplies to see my son,’ buy a ticket
People watch the Carnival Adonia cruise ship arrive from Miami, in Havana, Cuba. On Friday, for the country’s booming and go for the weekend,”
June 16, 2017, President Donald Trump is expected to give America’s Cuba policy its second tourism industry.A few miles Reinoso said. “The best
180-degree spin in three years. Speaking from Miami, Trump’s expected to revive the Cold War from the gates of the port, thing that can happen for
goal of starving Cuba’s communist system of cash while inciting the population to overthrow it. 42-year-old Yosvani Reino- the two countries is for all of
(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) so works as a self-employed these problems to end, for
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN daily struggle. Jubilation sions, fewer American visi- locksmith from a stand on everything to be normal.”
ANDREA RODRIGUEZ faded to resignation. tors and a harder time see- Mariel’s main square q
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON President Donald Trump on
Associated Press Friday is expected to give
MARIEL, Cuba (AP) — America’s Cuba policy its
Church bells rang out and second 180-degree spin in
Cubans strung American three years during an ap-
flags from their windows pearance in Miami, reviv-
when President Barack ing the Cold War goal of
Obama announced in De- starving Cuba’s commu-
cember 2014 that the U.S. nist system of cash while
would stop trying to push inciting the population to
Cuba toward collapse. overthrow it. On the table:
Obama’s new policy of cutbacks on U.S. travel to
engagement unleashed Cuba and a ban on doing
a flood of American visi- business with the military-
tors, pumping cash into linked conglomerate that
Cuba’s nascent private controls much of the Cu-
sector, even as the cen- ban economy.
trally planned economy hit Ordinary Cubans are brac-
its first recession in nearly a ing for the worst. Across the
quarter century. Many Cu- island, people of all ages,
bans did better. But most professions and political
lives remained a grinding beliefs expect rising ten-

1 dead, 9 hurt in Pemex

refinery blaze in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Au- the evacuation of over 500
thorities say one person residents.
has died in a massive fire Refinery’s operations were
that broke out at a partially suspended Tuesday be-
flooded refinery in southern cause of heavy rains from
Mexico. former Tropical Storm Cal-
The state-owned oil com- vin, which partly flooded
pany Pemex says the man some parts of the plant.
was part of a company fire The company said the fire
brigade working to extin- broke out after the flood-
guish the blaze. waters caused waste con-
Pemex said Thursday the tainment ponds to over-
fire was still burning at a flow, spreading oil around
low level in one pumping the plant.
station. The refinery is in Salina Cruz
The fire Wednesday injured in Mexico’s southern state
nine people and forced of Oaxaca. q