"Cuba’s Environmental Concerns Grow With Prospect of U.S. Presence"

"HAVANA — Like many of his countrymen, Jorge Angulo hopes the United States will lift the decades-old economic embargo against Cuba. But Dr. Angulo, a senior marine scientist at the University of Havana, is also worried about the effects that a flood of American tourists and American dollars might have on this country’s pristine coral reefs, mangrove forests, national parks and organic farms — environmental assets that are a source of pride here.

'Like anywhere else, money talks,' Dr. Angulo said. 'That might be dangerous, because if we go too much on that side, we lose what we have today.'"

Erica Goode reports for the New York Times July 1, 2015.