Posted on 09/15/2014 7:19:12 AM PDT by YourAdHere
Yes, you can go to Cuba legally. Yes, you can have your passport stamped. And yes, it’s safe there. These were just a few of the questions I was bombarded with before and after I went to Cuba in July.
Going to Cuba for Americans is probably the easiest it has been in years. Under the Clinton and Obama administrations, travel restrictions have been eased.
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“Unfortunately, many of the buildings have not been maintained, primarily due to the U.S. embargo”
Oh really.
We don’t have a blockade around Cuba.
Yes its true. Only in America can people buy mortar and steel.
Wonderful development. It would be even wonderfuller if Cubans could travel to America just as easily.
Uhhhhhh. How were they able to remodel the older hotels what with the US embargo and all?
Yea, but there was/isn’t any way to get 0 down variable rate building improvement loans in there so they can be improved, default and then get repo’d by a bank...
A tour of the glories of Socialism. Great. Just what I'd want to do.
It’s the “progressive” way.
“Unfortunately, many of the buildings have not been maintained, primarily due to the U.S. embargo”
Oh really.
We don’t have a blockade around Cuba.
Time Stops when Communism takes over
“Unfortunately, many of the buildings have not been maintained, primarily due to the U.S. embargo. “
Yes, the communist system there for 50+ years had nothing to do with it.
I know the US embargo has had impacts there. However, what’s with all the ‘50s cars, for example? Do we mean to say that Cuba couldn’t import cars from other countries? Because of an embargo by the U.S.? The Soviet Union subsidized Cuba for decades. Didn’t the Soviets take care of their comrades in Cuba? If not is that somehow America’s fault?
Why no mention of income equality in Cuba? Cuba has been a leader in fighting income inequality. Unfortunately the masses of Cubans are very poor but they are equal in being poor and having no money.
Except from that one dastardly fellow who sarcastically asks how Cubans feel about their own travel restrictions and why Cuba doesn't buy its steel and other building materials from other countries.
My son traveled to Cuba about 9 months ago for his work.
He said it looked like going back in time with all the old timey cars and buildings.
But for the most part the people looked as poor as dirt. Signs of massive poverty everywhere excerpt for the resort he was staying at.
My son travels to some amazing places for work, but also travels to places that I consider very unsafe. I was relieved when he landed back in the States after Cuba.
I heard you can get a good deal on a 1959 Ford Edsel there.
“I was relieved when he landed back in the States after Cuba”
Actually communist countries were/are relatively safe. Those governments are very jealous of their monopoly on violence and crime and severely punish those who step on their toes.
“I heard you can get a good deal on a 1959 Ford Edsel there.”
The Cubans are sitting on a veritable gold mine of automobiles...if only they could get them to the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Arizona.
The Castros should give the Palestinians a ring. They seem to have a source for cement.
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