The promise of thrills in Cuba
THE forbidden fruit always tastes the best—or so Philip Agee, a former CIA whistleblower, is hoping. He has set up a joint-venture dot.com company with Fidel Castro's government to encourage Americans to defy their government by holidaying on the forbidden island. Now that the United States House of Representatives has voted to ease the travel ban to Cuba (see article), the prospect of their actually making the trip seems less implausible.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The promise of thrills in Cuba”
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