# It is time to go to Cuba 2016-01-16 The fact that President Obama is focusing on reestablishing diplomatic ties with Cuba is a significant development, but it also means that there is a good chance that things will begin to change there at a rapid pace. That's why we decided it was time to visit #Cuba and see the country as it is now. ![[vladcampos.com/_photos/2016-01-16-cuba-visa.jpg]] We are currently living in #Chile, but our passports are from #Brazil, which created an interesting story. The consular officer typed a form—yes, you heard that correctly, with a typing machine—and asked me to check if my personal information was correct. When I told him that I was born in Brazil, not Chile, he looked at me like I had done something horrible and started typing everything again.  After I said all the information was correct this time, he went back to his desk, typed another thing I couldn't see, attached it to the wrong form, and filed everything. That was something I was not expecting at all. It is a level of bureaucracy that I thought I would only see in a comedy movie. ![[vladcampos.com/Timeline/Blog/Posts]]