"If you are comparing Havana to Trenton, remember that 1. Havana has better looking women and 2. Even the public hospital in Trenton is like Sloan Kettering compared to any hospital in Cuba.
Cuba is a sh-thole except for the beaches. The commies RUINED what was once the most prosperous society in Latin America. Most of the productive Cubans left in the 1960s for America and Spain. All that is left are the dregs. The society is f-cked up, the infrastructure is PATHETIC (even Port Au Prince is better!), and any person who could honestly say it "isn't that bad" is probably a friend of Fidel.
CUBA LIBRE!"
I agree with almost everything you say. I didn't say "Cuba isn't all that bad," I believe I said Cuba has some good points and you named them yourself. If you read my post you will see that I wrote that it will be a top resort in 30 years after the commies fall. It is a beautiful country, with beautiful people, and a crap system of government run by a dictatorship. I think you are assigning me a position I do not hold.
Port Au Prince and Haiti in general is a lot more screwed up than Cuba though. That was the one place you lost me. Haiti makes Cuba look like Bermuda.
I remember going to Port Au Prince three years ago. Had an armed escort. Its the Zimbabwe of the western hemisphere.
Nevertheless, at least I could drive a new model Suburban in Port Au Prince, something I couldn't do in Havana. ;-)