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One Day of Four Wonderful Years in Cuba

During his recent visit to Sancti Spiritus, British Ambassador to Cuba, Tim Cole, dropped by Escambray newspaper office to meet his Director and the publication鈥檚 team.

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Tim Cole

Tim Cole

During his recent visit to Sancti Spiritus, British Ambassador to Cuba, Tim Cole, dropped by Escambray newspaper office to meet his Director and the publication鈥檚 team.

During his meeting with Escambray鈥檚 staff, the Ambassador was briefed about the work, the routines and skills of journalists and on how they manage to turn local issues into materials of great interest for global readers.

Tim Cole, who first knew about Escambray newspaper in Twitter, expressed his interest for its articles and stories about key topics of Sancti Spiritu鈥檚 daily life; his admiration for the Cuban culture, particularly its music, and highlighted the world impact of the Rolling Stones concert in Havana last March. Referring to 鈥渉is four wonderful years鈥� in Cuba he said: 鈥淲hat I admire the most about the island is the Cuban identity and the kindness of the people鈥�.

Before he left the newspaper鈥檚 premises journalist Pastor Guzman offered Tim Cole a framed replica of his 2012 article 鈥淲inston Churchill could have died in Arroyo Blanco鈥�.

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Published 4 July 2016