Obama's friendlier overtures towards Cuba brings musical detente
David Calzado, director of the Cuban Salsa band Charanga Habanera, speaks to Reuters during an interview in Havana December 16, 2009. Calzado and his Charanga Habanera, a big name in Cuba's salsa scene, are getting ready for three year-end concerts in Miami in their first U.S. tour in almost a decade. Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President Barack Obama.
David Calzado, director of the Cuban Salsa band Charanga Habanera, speaks to Reuters during an interview in Havana December 16, 2009. Calzado and his Charanga Habanera, a big name in Cuba's salsa scene, are getting ready for three year-end concerts in Miami in their first U.S. tour in almost a decade. Cuban musicians are returning to perform in the United States after a long freeze on such visits, seizing the opportunity of friendlier overtures toward Havana from U.S. President Barack Obama.
A Cuban musician named Beny Pupy poses for a portrait on the street in New York December 16, 2009
A Cuban musician named Beny Pupy poses for a portrait after stepping off the subway in New York December 16, 2009.
(Reuters)
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