Obama's friendlier overtures towards Cuba brings musical detente

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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.

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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.

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A Cuban musician named Beny Pupy poses for a portrait on the street in New York December 16, 2009

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A Cuban musician named Beny Pupy poses for a portrait after stepping off the subway in New York December 16, 2009.
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