Previously, the country of Cuba was known only to know that Cuba's cigars were famous.
When I saw the title of "Hurricane Sweeping Over the Cane Field", I was attracted by the title and aroused my curiosity, what is the connection between the hurricane and the cane field?
Picking up the book and looking at it carefully, it turned out that this was a record of the cuban field experience of Liu Xiaoqian, a veteran mainland reporter stationed abroad.
Liu Xiaoqian - because of the front-line report on the large-scale anti-racial discrimination protests in the United States in 2020, he was called "a familiar Chinese" by netizens in the Us riots, and was known for his in-depth investigation reports. His first book, "Overland Boat: A Chinese Journalist's Investigation into Latin American Drugs," was loved by a wide audience and nominated for Best Social Science Book of 2020.
The book "Hurricane Sweeping Through the Cane Fields" is the author's nine trips to Cuba to witness the great changes that have taken place in this frozen country in just a few years.
After reading this book, I have a new understanding of the country of Cuba.
The Founding Father of Cuba
In the hearts of the Cuban people, there is also a great man like Chairman Mao in the hearts of Chinese.
Old photo of Fidel Castro
He is Fidel Castro, known as the founding father of Cuba, a giant of a generation, who in 1961 proclaimed to the world the socialist revolution in Cuba, single-handedly created the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces and established the Republic of Cuba, and he spent his life fighting for the preservation of Cuba's national interests.
However, the great man also had a day when he left the world, but the benefits he brought to the Cuban people and the phrase "victory forever" are unforgettable.
2. Hurricanes and cane fields
Sugar is one of Cuba's most important export commodities, grown on fertile Cuban soil.
As the hurricane from the Florida Channel swept over the islands dotted with cuban cane fields, the slightly dull calm before the wind began, to the surging transit, and then to the dissipation.
The United States has only a 90-mile voyage to Cuba, but some foreign journalists have made their home in the Cuban capital, Havana, until the two sideburns are white and they have not been able to witness the appearance of a U.S. president in Cuba.
In March 2016, after 1988, U.S. leaders visited Cuba for the first time, and when Obama and Raul Castro appeared side by side at a joint press conference at the Palace of the Revolution in Cuba, the two countries were only "seeking to normalize relations" and the United States did not lift economic sanctions against Cuba.
The "wet and dry feet" policy in the U.S. immigration statute will also be a roadblock that cannot be avoided at the diplomatic negotiating table between the United States and Cuba.
The original so-called "dry and wet feet" policy was that if a Cuban successfully smuggled across the Strait of Florida, the moment he stepped on U.S. territory, he could apply for a green card and U.S. citizenship in the shortest possible time, and if he was intercepted by the U.S. side at sea and did not land on both feet, he would be sent back to Cuba. This policy has left many Cubans to risk their lives to smuggle across the sea.
3. Ancient inventions
Because of the "wet and dry feet" policy, Cubans show amazing creativity and imagination in order to smuggle. It is possible to transform a motor vehicle into a navigable ship.
They couldn't afford a fan and could make one out of vinyl records; they couldn't afford a signal receiver, so they remodeled it with an aluminum dinner plate. For Cubans, any piece of discarded household item can be reused.
Their spirit of transformation is as Castro's slogan goes: "Nothing is impossible for those who struggle." ”
Although the total economic volume of the Cuban people may be equivalent to the total economic volume of one province of our Country, and the living standards of the people are not high, Cuba is the only country in the Western Hemisphere that does not have a drug problem.
The Cuban government is also concerned about people's livelihood, the government does not allow rental housing, and the housing of residents is allocated free of charge by the state. It is unlikely that a landlord will be evicted because he cannot afford to pay the rent in Cuba.
Fourth, the famous cigar
Cuba's fertile red soil has produced some of the best tobacco in the world.
And their timeless special craftsmanship has achieved the status of the best cigar.
Hand-rolled cigars
Cigar smoke is an ancient industry that cannot rely on mechanization, ninety percent of the work in the cigar garden is manual, the use of machinery will destroy the natural smell of tobacco, and the core of a good cigar is torn by hand.
summary
Although this is a record, but the whole book is clear, vivid and interesting, the color of the picture is more three-dimensional, after reading a book, you can understand the people of Cuba, the old affairs of Cuba's new city, Cuba's specialties.