The beach there is 20km. Spain has owned a large portion of it since about 1990, along with major hotels in Havana and a lot of other beachfront property all over the island. There have been billions of dollarsinvested in tourism for the past two decades - the profits go to prop up the huge military. No one has been overthrown and no one will be — your second hand fly over analysis is a projection of your own responses, and fails to grasp the concentration camp mentality of the population of a totalitarian society.
OK, here is the rest for you in hopes the stick up your butt might get dislodged. At the end of the runway are active SAM’s as well as manned anti-aircraft guns. He taxis right by hardened shelters where Mig 21’s and Mig 23’s are parked. He flew F-16’s prior to civilian life so I think he knows what he is looking at. So I left that out, sorry. It did not seem that relevant to the subject, a beach vacation.
My post stated what is absolutely true, that there are very nice resorts there, they are catering to the Europeans and the Canadians. Why did I mention this? Because it appeared that some thought all of Cuba was a run down 3rd world country. I was pointing out that the winner of the said contest would probably be staying in a luxury resort.
When did I say someone was overthrown? I never did, and had I know I was dealing with Nostradamus, I might not have attempted to analyze what the future might hold. But since the cat is out of the bag, I’ll stick to it. Capitalism will grip that country with a fury. The Marxists will be unable to stop it.
I do not claim the analysis myself, but from someone who flies into there pretty often. The funny thing is that it was you who failed here, not my grasp of the political situation in Cuba. I was commenting on the resorts that have been built for tourists going to Cuba, not Cuban politics.