Airbnb's Cuba gambit shows promise as US relations warm
Bogota
AS an infant, Carlos Jimenez survived a US-backed invasion of his south Cuban village, the infamous failed coup at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. Today, Mr Jimenez is expecting another American invasion - of tourists - as he awaits the chance to list his home on Airbnb.
"I never had the chance to visit the US, so I'm looking forward to them coming here," he said by his green one-storey house, lamenting that his village of Playa Giron still lacks Internet access for the reservation and payment system of th…
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