Soviet-Era Cartoons: A Blast from the Past

With the fall of the eastern communist bloc, cartoons vanished from Cuban TV for more than two decades, quirky Soviet-era cartoons are fueling a wave of nostalgia for middle-aged Cubans. The "Russian cartoons" as Cubans tend to call them -- though they were from several different allied countries -- have inspired T-shirts honoring old shows like the Soviet "Mashinka and the bear", Poland's "Lolek and Bolek", and the Hungarian hit "Gustavo." Of course, ...