we have so much learn of the world, also, so this change is going to be huge for us. as a person of your age, how frustrating is it that the internet is still not a reality in most places for most cubans? i was in miami actually when someone talk to me and say, hey, we have wi-fi in the street of cuba and i was like, what? really? and they sent me pictures and i saw people on the street talking with his friends, his family from facebook, chat, twitter, whatever. and it was great. so we have been seeing a little bit, but we have seen a change. you want to see a lot more of that, of course? of course. i m grateful to be part of this. lots of luck to you. thanks for being willing to
miami after coming pretty much, yeah. you really understand all of these cross currents. is that what you were trying to express in your poem today? yes. there s a lot of growing up as the son of the exiles and we kind of have, you know, we have a sort of a more balanced perspective and we re sort of watching what s going on since i was a little kid, the question of home and identity and homeland and what was cuba was something that was floating around since i was a toddler. and so i feel that most of my life s work in my poetry and my literature and my memoirs has been about trying to think about what is that emotional embargo, which is really what art focuses on. we ve all talked about the economic embargo and politics and all the rest. but i was always curious as to see how human beings are effected in the cross fire emotionally with all this things that happened. you think it will now be easier emotionally easier for people of your generation to go
by step, it s great for us. for me to be able to here today and make part of this big change is amazing. did you ever think that you would see the american flag oh, my god, no, never. no, not at all. what do you hope happens next? what would be the important evidence that change is real, not just symbolic? already you can feel the change because you have seeing so many people who come here, want to make films here, want to talk about what is going on in cuba. there are real story, documentaries. everything just happen right now, right here. so much energy. so many things going on right now. it s great. it s great for us. there s such a rich culture here in the arts, in painting, in music, dance. obviously in sports. a lot of that is not known in large parts of the united states because of the trade embargo.
i never thought i would be going back. i m going to love seeing that flag go back up. yeah, i think about it every night now, see that flag go back up. it means a lot. larry, jim, and mike, this is your cue to deliver on words that would make any diplomat proud just as they would any member of the united states marine corps. promise made, promise kept. thank you. taking charge of
back and forth? i sure hope so. i think that s one of the things that we need to take up, nep my generation. we need to sort of step up a little bit more in some ways the baton has the emotion of baton has been passed on to us from our parents and grandparents to sort of see, you know, that these changes on the horizon, that they happen in a way that is with honest conversation and i think, you know, there s a lot of things that still haven t been talked about. a lot of stories that haven t been told. i think if we begin on that base, if we begin that conversation on that emotional honest level all the rest of the conversations that we can have and discussions and arguments about perhaps the changes ahead and the negotiations and whatever else this blossoms into can be much more fruitful. it can begin with a poem. yeah. thank you so much, richard blanco. my pleasure. pleasure for me. as americans try to start traveling here in greater numbers than they have, where will th