I have read a lot of different things about Cuba the country. I abhor communism, socialism but I don’t think an embargo is a good idea. I read in an investment newsletter some time ago that 20-30% of the property in Cuba is privately owned. I would hope that the Cuban government would realize that allowing small private businesses to exist is and would be in the interest of the people. I am not a fan of big corporate anything taking over anywhere. Anyone who wants to travel there for vacation or family should not be restricted. That said, we should reverse the policy where Cubans can come to the US as tourists and collect SS checks (a Rubio supported policy?). Get government out of the way, insist that the Cuban government allow some free enterprise, and see what happens. If Trump plays this in the right way, he could potentially do with Cuba what Nixon did with China.
Marco is fighting against freeloaders from Cuba.
In 2012, Cuba started to allow some private property.
There appear to be some very small businesses, but 20% of property in private hands seems extremely high as an estimate.
One article suggested about 424,000 Cubans employed in private enterprise or self employed.
There are about 11.4 million Cubans.
Say 6 million are of working age.
About 7% employed privately.
“Privately owned” property is a deceptive term if there is no open market where you can sell it to anyone you please.