Wabash in Cuba - Album 6
Both the American and Cuban flags fly in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.
The Cuban flag flies across Little Havana.
Professor Ethan Hollander, a native of Miami Beach, led the students on a tour of Little Havana and its various parks and monuments.
Just as in Cuba, students saw a number of monuments dedicated to Cuba warriors in Miami.
Professor Rogers and Professor Hollander translate a marker in a Little Havana park.
Professor Hollender
Students grabbed breakfast from a cafe in Little Havana — using their Spanish speaking skills.
The class poses in from the the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami.
While at the the Institute, students met with the accomplished Cuban-American scholar Jaime Shuchlicki.
Jaime Suchlicki, director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.
Patrick Bryant questions Mr. Suchlicki.
Students met in Mr. Suchlicki's office.
Dining at a Cuban-American outdoor cafe in Little Havana.
Dining at a Cuban-American outdoor cafe in Little Havana.
Nathan Bode eats a fried plantain while dining at a Cuban-American outdoor cafe in Little Havana.
John Decker and Ben Finley have lunch
Beans and rice.
Tim Padgett ’84 has covered the Latin American political scene for more than two decades.
Tim Padgett hosted the students at the studios of WLRN, where he works as the Americas Editor
Students toured the Jewish Museum of Florida in South Beach.
Touring the Jewish Museum of Florida in South Beach
Professor Hollander talks with John Kennedy at the Jewish Museum
While in Cuba, the students stayed in a hotel built by Meyer Lansky, whose name adorns a stained glass window at the Jewish Museum.