Posted on 10/15/2024 6:20:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The point of the article is how little media coverage there is of Cuba’s economic pain.
Why?
Because the media and others do not want to dispel the illusion that communism works in Cuba. They have spent years praising Cuba’s healthcare system and government. They cannot afford to let all those mind-washed college students suddenly see the brutality of communism in real life.
Six months ago I met a Cuban who emigrated here from Cuba. He is/was a degreed nurse in Cuba. He recently had to go to Puerto Rico to get credits so that he could practice nursing here. When he returned I asked him if he liked Puerto Rico. His response, verbatim: “Puerto Rico is Cuba.....with food!” His point was that there is not enough food in Cuba.
Last week I spoke with a young lady from Cuba. She was a lawyer in Cuba. She is now taking classes to have her credits converted to the U.S.A. She has twins aged 13. She is now working in Luby’s for $3/hour plus tips. Her husband is driving for Uber. She told me essentially the same thing. “There is no food in Cuba!” Additionally, she says that even with the lack of credits to get good jobs here, both she and her husband are more happy here than in Cuba.
This article does not mention that the Cuban government is being propped up by China and Venezuela. That is why they are able to barely hang on.
Cuba's present situation is certainly not unprecedented. As it happens, I was in Havana about six months after the Russians and the East Germans left, and it was much, much worse then. There was not a fresh coat of paint to be seen anywhere, and most windows were without glass. Electricity was sent only to places where foreign currency could be earned, like the Hotel Rivera; no one else has power ever. On the street $1 US could be traded for $200 Cuban dollars. Protein was scarce and everyone was skinny, including the dancers at the Tropicana. Gas was almost non-existent and my driver was a Cuban fighter pilot grounded for lack of fuel. Four or five families typically lived in one townhouse in the Miramar, with bedrooms divided into separate quarters by blankets hung from the ceiling. Upon entering someone's home, if you so much as glanced at anything, a family picture or an heirloom, the owner would pester you to buy it. Beautiful Cuban women with dark eyes would offer to prostitute themselves for a cheese sandwich on white bread.
From what I've seen on YouTube, it is nowhere nearly that bad now.
Yes, and things are really oppressive in Cuba too!
For alot of things
You guys can make fun of Cuba all you want but when the big EMP attack comes, they’ll have the only working vehicles in the Northern Hemisphere! 😏
Oh, really.
I'm sure the decades-old economic sanctions have nothing at all to do with this. Right??
You thunk that might be one reason they have applied to BRICS like so many of the global south countries are doing?
Oh, no. Not a chance. It is all about them commies.
Yep. Them sanctions work so good when we attack them littlebitty countries. Not so well with the big boys, though. They fight back. Actions have consequences.
Good ole USA just keep on throwing them econ/sanctions around like they was sand in a sandstorm and see where that leads us.
The only real export Cuba has these days is their expertise in setting up and maintaining a totalitarian state. As soon as Hugo Chavez obtained power the Cubans sent in their Secret Police to implement total control in exchange for $$$ and oil. If I remember correctly there were numerous questions regarding the legitimacy of the election, but then the Jimmy Carter group blessed it and the dictatorship was installed. Later, Chavez was impeached and removed in a legal manner. Where did he flee? Cuba, of course. The Obama administration applied enough pressure to insure his return and darkness descended on Venezuela. The Cuban marxist implementers are running all over Latin America trying to set up similar regimes.
Thanks!
Wow, get a load of that last paragraph.
No bias there, eh?
Cuba is the living, breathing ... walking, talking proof that Communism is a dead letter!
Well, they can always count on fat F!@$% like MMoore to wax poetic on places like that.
“Oh, really.
I’m sure the decades-old economic sanctions have nothing at all to do with this. Right??
You thunk that might be one reason they have applied to BRICS like so many of the global south countries are doing?
Oh, no. Not a chance. It is all about them commies.
Yep. Them sanctions work so good when we attack them littlebitty countries. Not so well with the big boys, though. They fight back. Actions have consequences.
Good ole USA just keep on throwing them econ/sanctions around like they was sand in a sandstorm and see where that leads us.”
You’re obviously against the US using sanctions against countries, especially communist countries, that oppose our capitalist, US constitution-based system of government. Thanks for the honesty. Duly noted.
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The US is the only country in the world to trade or do business with?
Hey, I thought big bad America was a bunch of greedy capitalist exploiters. That’s what the Cuban Commies claimed. Rather than whining like little bitches, shouldn’t they instead be celebrating? I mean because of the embargo, they haven’t been exploited by big bad America at all.
What’s the problem?
““The Cubans right now are in a position where they need charity, and they don’t have much to offer in return.””
Yeah, funny... how charity seems to always go away... when you willingly hand control of your country over to godless, anti-Christian heathens that care only about power... like communists. The people of Cuba were duped into believing that the tyrant they supported to lead their revolution...
was better than the tyrant they wanted to replace. Another cautionary tale if one were to dare to study history.
Who would write up the information and submit it for publication? “Journalists”.
What kind of journalist would be living in Cuba? A progressive, liberal, socialist, communist, Marxist journalist.
Since releasing the facts would harm the image of their socialist paradise, why would they want to report on Cuba’s economy?
““The Cubans right now are in a position where they need charity, and they don’t have much to offer in return.””
What about baseball players?
I wonder what entity is buying those houses?
Has Black Rock found a way into Cuba?
Is Black Rock doing the same as here, buying houses to make money with renting out?
If so, does somebody have info on events to happen in Cuba?
“What about baseball players?”
And Spanish teachers. I had a great Cuban Spanish teacher. Loved her! She freely admitted how she was also “duped” by Castro. She was imprisoned for distributing ‘pro-Castro’ leaflets. And then later... when she woke up... she was imprisoned for distributing ‘anti-Castro’ leaflets. Ah, the irony. She escaped to the US... but her sister, a doctor, was not so lucky. Her sister couldn’t even afford a new pair of shoes under the glorious reign of her new commie masters.
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