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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
customs officials confiscate Celia Cruz hats
HAVANA, Cuba, September 1 (www.cubanet.org) -
Travelers visiting Cuba from the United States
are reporting that Cuban customs officials are
systematically confiscating hats sporting the
likeness of recently-deceased Cuban salsa star
Celia Cruz.
One visitor said that as officials were confiscating
one of these hats, he heard someone among the
crowd yell Cruz' trademark "Azúcar!"
Other travelers have reported that officials
are also confiscating shirts and other objects
bearing the image of the U. S. flag.
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