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WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE IN CUBA

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Especially if you’re a journalist. Due to the precarious state of Fidel’s health, capitalism may finally take hold there. Still, it’s so tough to be a news bureau approved by the Communist regime. Only three papers have since 2001: the Chicago Tribune, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and–what’s this–our own Dallas Morning News!

Natch, the “Dallas paper closed its bureau last year for budget reasons.”

Update: A former DMN-working FBvian gives us a scoop:

The former bureau guy in Havana? He’s now an editor with the [Houston] Chronicle.

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