The American world tour, eighty days before the presidential election, begins in Miami, Florida, the land and sea border with Cuba. And upon arrival at the airport, it is enough just to think that you have gone there, to Fidel’s country, that the immigration office stops you for a good half hour. Let alone when you confess that the city of origin is Havana. Never mind that the visa is the one you need and you’ve been through there a dozen times now. “It’s like that with Cuba, especially in this time of crisis in Venezuela and the suspension of the parole.” Confirms the ubiquitous Andrea Di Giuseppe, a Fratelli d’Italia parliamentarian elected abroad who is always available and a point of reference for our compatriots scattered around the world…
from “Il Tempo” by Francesco Petriconè – August 20, 2024
