Learning about Cuba, havin' some food.
This is what the Kamunist democRATs want for us.
Financial Times ‘China is not Cuba’s sugar daddy’: ties between communist nations weaken 1 day ago
Behind a paywall, but the headline says it all.
...at least they have free healthcare!
Interesting opportunity, but the current clown-set in government would be incapable of doing anything other than extending the misery on this island.
Things are pretty desperate in Cuba. A friend has three or four Cubans he corresponds with over facebook.
I had not connected the dots, but this article is consistent with what they are saying.
Cuba needs a man like Hyman Roth again!!!😜
The left loves its nostalgic police state. They intentionally delude themselves that economic devastation is rather some love for the simple life.
But their healthcare and education systems are the envy of...
They should change their name to Gaza West and embrace islam…that could be good for billions in US aid
It’s fascinating how just a handful of people with power can keep their fist on the throat of an entire population for decades.
“there substantially depend on remittances from U.S. family members to survive.”
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So basically a large part of Cuba is depending on US charity!
Another socialist success story!🙄
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.
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! 😏
Cuba is the living, breathing ... walking, talking proof that Communism is a dead letter!
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?
Learning about Cuba, havin' some food.
Bkmk
Even more incredible, according to O’Grady, is that the exodus now includes high-ranking members of the ruling Cuban regime, although not those at the very top.