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Cuban President Visits Town near US Military Base

Associated Press

   CAIMANERA - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is making his first trip
   to the town of Caimanera, the closest point in Cuba to the U.S. naval
   base at Guantanamo Bay.

   Diaz-Canel arrived in the town of about 10,000 people Thursday morning
   for a series of meetings with local officials.

   He began with a visit to a newly renovated 3D movie hall.

   Diaz-Canel assumed power in April 2018 and has made several dozen
   similar trips around Cuba to check on public services and
   infrastructure, accompanied by Cuba's state-run media. Some
   international media were invited to cover the trip in an unusual
   widening of access to Diaz-Canel, who has had virtually no interactions
   with the foreign press since becoming president.

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