Lessons from Cuba about reclaiming symbols of a painful past by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Articles: The US and Cuban flags with Havana's National Capitol Building in the background. EPA/Michael ReynoldsHistory was made this week when Barack Obama became the first serving US President to visit Havana, Cuba in nearly 90 years. The symbolic occasion sets a new course towards normalising diplomatic relations between the two nations after decades of Cold War attrition, tension and … [Read more...] about Lessons from Cuba about reclaiming symbols of a painful past

