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The Cuban revolution at 50 Heroic myth and prosaic failure
The Economist ^ | Dec 30 08 | The Economist

Posted on 01/02/2009 4:52:28 PM PST by GSP.FAN

All the Castro brothers have to celebrate this week is survival. But that in itself is a remarkable achievement..

Half a century on, the euphoria is long gone. Everyday life in Cuba is a dreary affair of queues and shortages, even if nobody starves and violent crime is rare. It is the only country in the Americas whose government denies its citizens freedom of expression and assembly. Cuba’s jails contain 58 “prisoners of conscience” detained purely for their beliefs, according to Amnesty International, a human-rights group.

(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: castro; communism; cuba
Long article but good imho...


1 posted on 01/02/2009 4:52:30 PM PST by GSP.FAN
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To: GSP.FAN
I suggest everyone check out this web site The Real Cuba if they have any doubt of the damage, destruction and horror this 'revolution' has brought the people of Cuba. It's sick.
2 posted on 01/02/2009 6:04:49 PM PST by Wonderama Mama (Socialism is great until you run out of someone elses money - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Wonderama Mama

Ping for later reading..


3 posted on 01/02/2009 6:07:33 PM PST by GSP.FAN
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To: GSP.FAN

I dearly wish I could have helped end the lives of Fidel, Raul and Che before they destroyed the great and free country of Cuba.


4 posted on 01/02/2009 6:31:10 PM PST by WellyP
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To: Wonderama Mama

Don’t forget Babalu blog!


5 posted on 01/02/2009 6:32:52 PM PST by WellyP
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