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Katrina Veterans Learn About Cuba's Hurricane Management

December 23, 2011 | Report

By Elizabeth Newhouse

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In early December, the Center for International Policy’s Cuba Project took Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (ret.), “the hero of Katrina,” to Cuba to look at how the Cubans prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters.

Other members of the delegation included: 

  • John Barry, New Orleans flood control expert and author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

  • Alberto Vazquez de la Cerda, oceanographer and retired vice admiral of the Mexican navy

  • Randy Poindexter, International Cuba Society

  • Dr. Wayne Smith, senior fellow at CIP and Cuba Project director

  • Elizabeth Newhouse, CIP Cuba associate and report author

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