New president but same government in Cuba, Iceland’s astounding prison break, and Marvel comics with an Arab American twist

New president but same government in Cuba, Iceland’s astounding prison break, and Marvel comics with an Arab American twist

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Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as Cuba’s president but says Raul Castro is still “leading the Cuban revolution.” And, a prisoner in Iceland manages a jailbreak and ends up on the same plane as the country’s prime minister. Plus, host Carol Hills has a conversation with Marvel comics writer Saladin Ahmed, who grew up in an Arab American neighborhood in Dearborn, Michigan.