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...1960s Washington hated Fidel Castro so much that the CIA fabricated seashells to explode when he was scuba-diving and a powder that would make his beard fall out. He and his beard survived all those barbs. Today the loathing has softened, but its spirit still animates America's punishing economic embargo against Cuba, now 32 years old. Virtually all commerce with the island is banned. Ships that trade with Cuba cannot visit American ports for six months. Most Americans are at least technically subject to prosecution for visiting there. Even the U.N. sanctions against Saddam Hussein's Iraq permit...
...Riefenstahl, who has not made a film since the war ended, is working on a documentary to promote the preservation of the tropical seas. She is the world's oldest scuba diver, and a member of Greenpeace...
...National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve has the largest remaining mangrove forest in the Virgin Islands. The park harbors a wide variety of endangered flora and fauna, including giant swamp ferns and bottle-nosed dolphins, and includes an underwater canyon filled with coral reefs, caves and grottoes, open to scuba divers. Camping is not allowed on park grounds, but travelers can stay at hotels in the nearby town of Christiansted...
...past 20 years, Riefenstahl has gone scuba diving in some beautiful waters, preparing a video feature she hopes to complete next year. She has just returned to her Munich home from a dive in the Maldives. "Underwater films are either scientific, like Jacques Cousteau's," she says, "or sensational, like the Hollywood shark films. But there are none like this one we plan." Then, her strong voice lowering, she says, "There will be no commentary." Guided below by Riefenstahl, like Dante by Beatrice, viewers will merely behold and be awed. They might also be awed by the charisma of this...
Favorite moments of summer vacation "I went scuba diving in Bimini. That was cool. And there was a blues festival in Orlando that I really liked. All the top artists were there. Oh yeah--and Hurricane Emily. The waves for that were pretty...