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To: Luis Gonzalez
Soon Castro will die and things will get marginally better for Cubans economically. Then they'll hate America just like the rest of the Carribbean.

I won't give my money to any of those countries anymore. Five trips to many different countries, including a honeymoon, and I've yet to find one where they like Americans. For the most part, almost all of their economies are in the toilet despite their living under capitalism. The poverty throughout the Carribbean is staggering.

As a friend of mine put it, "Go to Hawaii. It's a prettier version of the Carribbean where they won't all hate you."

Cubans will have their freedom, no small deal, but their lifestyles will change little, if at all.

12 posted on 03/17/2002 7:41:54 AM PST by sakic
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To: sakic
Obviously, you know very little about Cuba.
14 posted on 03/17/2002 8:02:36 AM PST by Luis Gonzalez
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To: sakic
I disagree. The United States is not hated in the Caribbean countries. Puerto Rico wants to become a state, for crying out loud and the Dominican Republic is not that far behind. And if we were hated in Cuba, then why are so many of them desperately trying to come to our shores?

Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida Keys. They are our neighbors as much as Mexico and Canada. Once that tinpot dictator is gone and his machine-gun toting goons are disbanded, the United States and Cuba will become very close. I'm not saying that the transition from communism to capitalism will not be without some turmoil. But once the trade embargos are lifted, U.S. dollars and resources will pour into Cuba incredibly fast. You will see one of the biggest construction booms of all time. The vast majority of the 11 million+ people that live there do not support Castro and will be overjoyed to see his imposed communist regime collapse. Those people have put up with a lot crap these past 40 years. Fortunately better days are just around the corner.

16 posted on 03/17/2002 8:24:21 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: sakic
Relatively few foreigners hate America. You need to distinguish between their media and political elite and the "masses".
20 posted on 03/17/2002 9:18:00 AM PST by GuillermoX
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