No, because the US sanctions mean that Cubans find it very difficult to import, or export, anything. Read the comments above - it's all explained Nothing to do with US tourism. Think, then type.
You've confused influence with invasion. Open trade with Cuba would be welcome I imagine. Establishing military operations there (which you already do) would not. It's not that difficult to separate the two.
I am working toward leaving, dips**ts. It's not as easy as packing up and walking across the border to Canada. If it were I'd have been out of here long ago.
This is all too true, and I'm saying this as a former Cuban citizen. The Cuban population is constantly starving while Castro sits on his millions. Most of my family who currently live there are barely able to make ends meet and are lucky to so much as eat meat once a week. FYI my family members who still reside there are not among the working poor, and they do not live in 'slums'-- they live in houses that look much as those do in those pictures. To use my aunt as an example she works as an engineer, with an university degree, she earns about 2~4 dollars a month. Luckily for her and her family the Cuban government provides rations! A bag of rice a week and maybe even some beans!Now you may ask yourself "Why don't they just leave?", the answer is simple. The Cuban government wont allow it. Hell most of the citizens revel in the Cuban version of the lottery which they call "El Bombo", this lottery isn't paid in the form of money, but is simply a passage out of the island.In addition, you'll constantly see people as noted above who claim that Cuba is this wonderful place, because they've visited as tourists.But while the natural locations and alot of the Spanish architecture is extremely beautiful(El Morro comes to mind, along with quite a few virgin forests we drove by the last time I visited.). The tourist sector of Cuba is pretty much the only part of Cuba which is still in decent repair. If you really want a view of what Cuba's like , find a run-o-the mill citizen and let them show you around, I assure you the images you'll see will be vastly different from what a tourist would see.The worst part though, is that most people outside of the island are extremely ignorant to the people's suffering. This is because Castro does a damn good job of making sure only the information he wants to get out gets out. Its a "If you don't smile and put a happy face for the government" you can say goodbye to your rations. Goodbye to pretty much all your belongings, and for the least fortunate are branded as enemies of the state and are thrown into prison.As far as the hospitals and schools are concerned, I have to lol at that. Lets just say my grandfather's last visit to the Hospital wasn't exactly pleasant. Although, Ill admit that Cuban doctors are often top notch. Manly because the profession does not pay much, so many of the doctors who do choose to practice it genuinely care about their patients.Cuba's one of the best examples of why socialism doesn't work. It's nice on paper, but does not account for Human nature.
I have to say friend, that I laughed so hard at your comment. This deserve a major"WHAT THE f**k ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?"I'm sorry, but until you live here (I live in Costa Rica, one of the most corrupt governments in Latin America, without Chavez of course) you have no word in this. Yeah, we might get butt f**ked by the government with taxes, like the fact that we pay %110 more for cars, but still we live through, we have ipods, computers, expensive food, brand clothes, and anything you can think about, all from the USA of course. The difference I guess, is that in these countries the gap between the rich and poor is very wide, so you get to see really poor people barely living in the outer rings of poverty, and very rich people going to malls and spending thousands of dollars in clothes.You are an ignorant, brainwashed into thinking that every single person in Latin American countries, or in Cuba, are poor.
glitchp_uddAug 29, 2007
good pics. commentary is his opinion. who knows if it's true? we have plenty of places in the u.s. that look as run down as those pics.
psych77Aug 29, 2007
No, because the US sanctions mean that Cubans find it very difficult to import, or export, anything. Read the comments above - it's all explained Nothing to do with US tourism. Think, then type.
fivefootfourAug 29, 2007
You've confused influence with invasion. Open trade with Cuba would be welcome I imagine. Establishing military operations there (which you already do) would not. It's not that difficult to separate the two.
Closed AccountAug 30, 2007
I am working toward leaving, dips**ts. It's not as easy as packing up and walking across the border to Canada. If it were I'd have been out of here long ago.
Closed AccountAug 31, 2007
Yeah, that's why I said South Korea. It's quite capitalist. It was sarcasm.
pillowknightAug 31, 2007
This is all too true, and I'm saying this as a former Cuban citizen. The Cuban population is constantly starving while Castro sits on his millions. Most of my family who currently live there are barely able to make ends meet and are lucky to so much as eat meat once a week. FYI my family members who still reside there are not among the working poor, and they do not live in 'slums'-- they live in houses that look much as those do in those pictures. To use my aunt as an example she works as an engineer, with an university degree, she earns about 2~4 dollars a month. Luckily for her and her family the Cuban government provides rations! A bag of rice a week and maybe even some beans!Now you may ask yourself "Why don't they just leave?", the answer is simple. The Cuban government wont allow it. Hell most of the citizens revel in the Cuban version of the lottery which they call "El Bombo", this lottery isn't paid in the form of money, but is simply a passage out of the island.In addition, you'll constantly see people as noted above who claim that Cuba is this wonderful place, because they've visited as tourists.But while the natural locations and alot of the Spanish architecture is extremely beautiful(El Morro comes to mind, along with quite a few virgin forests we drove by the last time I visited.). The tourist sector of Cuba is pretty much the only part of Cuba which is still in decent repair. If you really want a view of what Cuba's like , find a run-o-the mill citizen and let them show you around, I assure you the images you'll see will be vastly different from what a tourist would see.The worst part though, is that most people outside of the island are extremely ignorant to the people's suffering. This is because Castro does a damn good job of making sure only the information he wants to get out gets out. Its a "If you don't smile and put a happy face for the government" you can say goodbye to your rations. Goodbye to pretty much all your belongings, and for the least fortunate are branded as enemies of the state and are thrown into prison.As far as the hospitals and schools are concerned, I have to lol at that. Lets just say my grandfather's last visit to the Hospital wasn't exactly pleasant. Although, Ill admit that Cuban doctors are often top notch. Manly because the profession does not pay much, so many of the doctors who do choose to practice it genuinely care about their patients.Cuba's one of the best examples of why socialism doesn't work. It's nice on paper, but does not account for Human nature.
Closed AccountAug 31, 2007
I have to say friend, that I laughed so hard at your comment. This deserve a major"WHAT THE f**k ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?"I'm sorry, but until you live here (I live in Costa Rica, one of the most corrupt governments in Latin America, without Chavez of course) you have no word in this. Yeah, we might get butt f**ked by the government with taxes, like the fact that we pay %110 more for cars, but still we live through, we have ipods, computers, expensive food, brand clothes, and anything you can think about, all from the USA of course. The difference I guess, is that in these countries the gap between the rich and poor is very wide, so you get to see really poor people barely living in the outer rings of poverty, and very rich people going to malls and spending thousands of dollars in clothes.You are an ignorant, brainwashed into thinking that every single person in Latin American countries, or in Cuba, are poor.