Cuba’s Newest Delicacy: Microwaved Plantains
This week, in a historic first for Cuba, microwaves went on sale on the island nation for the first time, with models ranging in price from $140 to $320. The initiative is part of a wider loosening of long-standing restrictions on the sale of consumer goods and civil liberties that are being ushered in by Raul Castro as he works to define his regime in the wake of his brother’s retirement in February.
To some, these changes seem both little and late. To others, they signal a major sea change that suggests the tides are turning in Cuba. Big Think recently asked music superstar Gloria Estefan, perhaps Cuba’s most famed export, her thoughts about the changes afoot in her native country and whether she believes she ever have the opportunity to perform on Cuban soil.
