CUBAHEADLINES: “In Havana no onel likes Barack much anymore”, por Achy Obejas

A visitor from the U.S. in Havana will, eventually and undoubtedly, be asked, “What’s going on with your president?”
The debt ceiling chaos overtaking Washington right now isn’t what baffles the Cubans. The very idea of a debt ceiling mystifies them, especially since Cuba lives on debt, and things like the national budget are not really discussed in much detail here. In fact, Cubans seem generally convinced the Washington mess is mostly theater and that all will work out – whatever it is that has to work out – before the Aug. 2 deadline. My constant concern with finding out what was going on back home did little but amuse them.