Thanks Raul: Cubans can stay in hotels »
Posted by: not2needy 5 months agoRaul Castro's government opened luxury hotels and resorts to all Cubans Monday, ending a ban despised across the island as "tourist apartheid" and taking another step toward the creation of a consumer economy in the socialist state.
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not2needy5 months ago
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Cuba has made a series of crowd-pleasing announcements in the past few days. Cubans with enough cash will be able to buy computers, DVD players and plasma televisions starting Tuesday, and soon they'll even be able to have their own cell phones â;; consumer goods only companies and foreigners were previously permitted to buy.
Maybe now Cubans will want to stay home!
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RichFatCat5 months ago
Could be some business opportunities over there! Cheap labor only 90 miles away. If Raul loosens up a bit and allows some cash to be placed in the right hands, some real profits could be generated. No need to pay medical benefits since they already have socialized medicine with a lower infant mortality rate than the United States. Sugar cane is also a cheap source of ethanol.
Things could be looking up for Cuba.
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not2needy5 months ago
It's really amazing that the Cuban people have been denied things like DVD players, plasma tv's and computers. Fidel was something else/
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gamahuche5 months ago
I don't actually know what a plasma tv is n2n, as far as I know I've never seen one in my life - and have never owned a TV anyway. No great deprivation!
HOWEVER if I had to forgo my occasional Cuban cigar THAT would hurt - something that US citizens have been forbidden for decades!
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HannibalBarca5 months ago
I have traveled to Cuba 3 times and have always left knowing I will return, the people are warm and friendly, the country is beautiful, and the weather is a great getaway for Canadians.
As a Canadian I have never understood what USA has had against Cuba, but then again until 1971 USA was able to ignore 25% if the worlds population, China.
All this is, is politics, it is not what makes the people what they are, I mean are all Americans war mongers just because shrub is? This may be a bit ambiguous in comparison but it has some merit when judging another country.
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not2needy5 months ago
I don't have anything against Cubans! I have something against illegal immigration, and Fla is full of Cubans who have come here illegaly. If they want to become citizens that would be fine with me, have them work and pay taxes and into Social Security along with everyone else, not work under the table, pay no taxes and then have children that qualify for welfare and food stamps.
I think the reason Americans had a problem with Cuba was back in the 60's, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, then Fidel hated us with a passion. You're right though, it is politics, put simply.
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HannibalBarca5 months ago
You are right!!!
Illegal aliens are a problem that Americans should not have to put up with.
But who has the problem?
People who honestly want a better life and will do almost anything to start one?
Or a Government that had complete control of the WH and both houses for 6 years and did nothing, let alone any other admin trying.
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icono15 months ago
You could be right n2n. The Kennedy boys seemed to be real upset about the whole Russian missle thing and upset about how they, the Kennedys and etc, backed out of supporting the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. So in response to being politically and militarily embarrassed and having to pull their missiles pointed at Russia out of Turkey, the US Govt in its infinite wisdom, pulled an embargo against Fidel and the Cuban people and let the Soviets support him.
Also, since Da Shrub & Alexander 'Cheney' le Great are war mongers, that in no way means I am a war monger. I remember that when they started the war in Iraq my political Rep did not, I repeat, did not ask for my opinion about him voting to go to war. If he had, I would of told him that the whole idea is stupid and that if he wanted a war he should, with his Congress buddies, go fight it. But I, like a lot of other Americans, was not asked. The idiots just went and did it.
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eyesopen5 months ago
hey HANNIBULL,,i get a kick out of how you canadians have your noses in the air,,,you guys wont even defend your own nation,,you have the u.s.a. do it and then complain about us. Our president is george w bush,,not shrub,ok,,,if you dont like the u.s.a,,then dont come here,stay in your little land of maple leaves and shut up...have you bothered to look at the filth pile you call toronto lately,,,more filth than any city ive ever seen in the u.s.,,the homeless are everywhere there,,whats your brilliant prime minister done??? ever been to london ontario hanni?,, you have more muslims concentrated in that area that hate you and your life style,that you can shake a stick at,,,to put it in a nutshell,, youre no better than us and personally i think canada sucks,,its the nation of ingrates, arrogant fools and frigid women,,hell even the french didnt want you guys
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Jaydee405 months ago
Again the brainless mumble and show their ignorance. The US has never defended Canada, where does this phony idea come from, is it taught in US schools? The shrub is about the best most Canadians can come up with for you fearful leader and a sign of how we like to pick the least offensive term, I could list many names but most will not show up here so why bother. You can try to pull us down all you want but the facts remain we rank higher than the US in just about every way possible and do it with only 10 percent the people so give it your best shot, we have big shoulders. As for the Prime Minister he is a US stooge so hey, if you want you can have him back, most Canadians don't trust him anyway.
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HannibalBarca5 months ago
Hey eyes crying while open: Boy did you ever put your foot into your mouth, look at your last statement
"youre no better than us and personally i think canada sucks",,,that means that you are saying USA sucks too and USA is also this ",,its the nation of ingrates, arrogant fools and frigid women,,hell even the french didnt want you guys"
Grade 3 was the toughest 8 years of your life right!!!!
ROTFLMFAO
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SilverMom5 months ago
Oh Wow! How lucky! If Cubans can save their entire salary for three months they can enjoy a night's stay at a beautiful hotel.
Wake up people - you don't know what life in Cuba is like. And . . . Raul is no better than Fidel.
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SilverMom5 months ago
HannibalBarca,
I take it you're a young person. The problem was not what the USA had against Cuba it was what Fidel Castro had against the USA way before the Bay of Pigs -- a hatred so profound that during the missile crisis he insisted the Soviet Union launch the Cuba missiles into the United States even though he knew that would provoke Cuba's disappearance from the face of the earth. Go figure...
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Jaydee405 months ago
If your going to tell history why not tell the entire story with no spin, Castro kicked corrupt Americans out of Cuba along with the mob, when his attempts to normalize relations with the US were ignored and the US became aggressive he reached out to the Russians like anyone in his position would. Of course you have proof for your accusation of Castro insisting on a missile strike?
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SilverMom4 months, 4 weeks ago
Jaydee40, I put no spins on my statements. The proof comes straight from the Russian horse's mouth -- read Nikita Khrushchev's autobiography "Khrushchev Remembers" written by Nikita in 1971. How come it's so hard for some people to disbelieve facts but yet eat up false propaganda like "free medical care for all its citizens" and "lower infant mortality rate" and "free education", etc., etc. etc.
By the way, the money made from people visiting the government;s resorts are not making many changes possible at all. Do you know that the foreign "partners" of Castros' government pay the government in dollars and the employees at these resorts then get a fraction of that paid to them by the government in pesos?!
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