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NBC's
'Today' show is going to Cuba
AP, May 30, 2007.
NEW YORK - Matt Lauer and NBC's "Today"
show will broadcast live from Cuba next
Tuesday to report on the political and economic
climate there.
Although Lauer is a frequent round-the-world
traveler for "Today," it took
18 months to arrange the visit to a country
only 90 miles from the United States, said
Jim Bell, the show's executive producer.
Bell used his ability to speak Spanish in
the negotiations.
"It's always timely to go to Cuba,"
Bell said. "There's always news there.
Being there is news in itself."
There is no expectation NBC will interview
ailing Cuban leader
Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public
for 10 months, or his brother Raul, who
has been running the country, Bell said.
Besides examining Cuba's political future,
"Today" plans stories on the impact
of the U.S. embargo on both countries.
NBC News is owned by General Electric Co's
NBC Universal.
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