Conor Clarke and Ewen MacAskill report on “American organizations prevented from helping preservation work” at Finca Vigia, Ernest Hemingway’s home from 1939 to 1960.
“For the past two years, a group of American organisations has been working to restore the battered house and save the manuscripts and books. But US sanctions against Cuba have hindered the group's attempts to collaborate with the Cuban government. The Bush administration's response has been mixed, flitting between acquiescence and obstruction.” – from “Bell Tolls for Hemingway Treasures as Cuban House Caught in Sanctions Trap,” by Conor Clarke and Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian