1.0OnCubaNews Englishhttps://oncubanews.com/enAshley Larkinhttps://oncubanews.com/en/author/ashley/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6f74314AwD"><a href="https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba-usa/my-american-duty/">My American Duty</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba-usa/my-american-duty/embed/#?secret=6f74314AwD" width="600" height="338" title="“My American Duty” — OnCubaNews English" data-secret="6f74314AwD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://oncubanews.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_8279.jpg755502Let’s take a moment to travel back to the first week of November, 2016. President Obama was still in office, the election had not yet taken place, and this gringa stepped foot on Cuban soil for the very first time. Little did I know the huge impact this tiny island would have on my life. […]