US goods arrive to protect the legacy of Hemingway

Just before noon outside Ernest Hemingway's Havana estate, a metallic screech cut through the chirping of tropical birds and the sound of a live band entertaining tourists.

A US worker pulled open one door of a shipping container. A Cuban worker pulled open the other. Out spilled treasure - box after box of US-bought tools and hardware, from electric fuse boxes to hurricane-proof windows.

The new era of US-Cuban normalization has brought to the Caribbean island nation supplies worth thousands of dollars to build a simple but up-to-date conservation facility for Hemingway artifacts - ranging from books and letters to fishing rods and African animal heads.