30 Dec 08
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853934
AFTER a scintilla of regret over lost youth, to turn 50 should be to enter the prime of life, with a plenitude of projects and achievements. That is not the case for the Cuban revolution. Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power and started to impose communism in Cuba, the island is once again close to bankruptcy. “The accounts don’t square,” Raúl Castro, Fidel’s slightly younger brother who last year took over as president, declared this week. His message was that Cubans will have to work harder and longer. Perks such as free holidays will be scrapped or curtailed.
31 Dec 08
Originally posted by generalissimoBut 50 years on, Cuba has remained defiant and still has not caved in to US pressure. Even if they accomplish nothing else, that alone would be sufficient grounds for calling the revolution a success.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853934
AFTER a scintilla of regret over lost youth, to turn 50 should be to enter the prime of life, with a plenitude of projects and achievements. That is not the case for the Cuban revolution. Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power and started to impose communism in Cuba, the island i ...[text shortened]... will have to work harder and longer. Perks such as free holidays will be scrapped or curtailed.
31 Dec 08
Originally posted by generalissimo50 years of blockade, embargo, sanctions, destabilization and state-sponsored terrorism by the neighbouring U.S. I wonder how Cuba's "accounts" would have been if there had been, instead, some kind of contructive engagement? I also wonder how long ago Cuba would have shifted towards something more 'acceptable' to the U.S. had the U.S. been a bit smarter about all this.
Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power and started to impose communism in Cuba, the island is once again close to bankruptcy. “The accounts don’t square,” Raúl Castro, Fidel’s slightly younger brother who last year took over as president, declared this week.
31 Dec 08
Originally posted by FMFOh how i miss the days of Cher Guevara. She could really belt out a tune. And don't forget Cuba has better health care than the US if you don't mind sharing a bed with a late stage syphilitic patient. Oh yeah,bring your own sheets. All in all i think they've done a pretty, pretty. pretty. good job.
50 years of blockade, embargo, sanctions, destabilization and state-sponsored terrorism by the neighbouring U.S. I wonder how Cuba's "accounts" would have been if there had been, instead, some kind of contructive engagement? I also wonder how long ago Cuba would have shifted towards something more 'acceptable' to the U.S. had the U.S. been a bit smarter about all this.
GRANNY.
31 Dec 08
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Originally posted by generalissimoSounds like he could have been a Congressman and/or a CEO on Wall Street. Really they are kind of the same thing.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853934
AFTER a scintilla of regret over lost youth, to turn 50 should be to enter the prime of life, with a plenitude of projects and achievements. That is not the case for the Cuban revolution. Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power and started to impose communism in Cuba, the island i ...[text shortened]... will have to work harder and longer. Perks such as free holidays will be scrapped or curtailed.
31 Dec 08
Originally posted by FMFDo you think democratically elected countries have the duty of supporting neighboring communist dictators?
50 years of blockade, embargo, sanctions, destabilization and state-sponsored terrorism by the neighbouring U.S. I wonder how Cuba's "accounts" would have been if there had been, instead, some kind of contructive engagement? I also wonder how long ago Cuba would have shifted towards something more 'acceptable' to the U.S. had the U.S. been a bit smarter about all this.
01 Jan 09
Originally posted by generalissimoKind of reminds me of America's economic situation! 😏
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12853934
AFTER a scintilla of regret over lost youth, to turn 50 should be to enter the prime of life, with a plenitude of projects and achievements. That is not the case for the Cuban revolution. Fifty years after Fidel Castro took power and started to impose communism in Cuba, the island i ...[text shortened]... will have to work harder and longer. Perks such as free holidays will be scrapped or curtailed.
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02 Jan 09
Originally posted by smw6869That's better health care than I have right now. 😞
Oh how i miss the days of Cher Guevara. She could really belt out a tune. And don't forget Cuba has better health care than the US if you don't mind sharing a bed with a late stage syphilitic patient. Oh yeah,bring your own sheets. All in all i think they've done a pretty, pretty. pretty. good job.
GRANNY.
02 Jan 09
Originally posted by FMFThe only 'state-sponsored' terror waged against Cuba is by the minority Cuban elitest refugee population of South Florida. They, and cowardly politicians, alone are the wall that prevents what most Americans want: the same relations we have with China, a modern human rights violator on a scale that pales in comparison to Cuba. Got melamine in your milk?
50 years of blockade, embargo, sanctions, destabilization and state-sponsored terrorism by the neighbouring U.S. I wonder how Cuba's "accounts" would have been if there had been, instead, some kind of contructive engagement? I also wonder how long ago Cuba would have shifted towards something more 'acceptable' to the U.S. had the U.S. been a bit smarter about all this.
02 Jan 09
Originally posted by dystoniacDystoniac, does the extract from your post above contain a typo?
China, a modern human rights violator on a scale that pales in comparison to Cuba.
Did you mean: "China, a modern human rights violator on a scale compared to which Cuba's record pales."
02 Jan 09
Originally posted by generalissimoI think democratically elected leaders have the duty of pursuing policies that work, abandoning policies that fail or that are hypocritical, and disseminating unbiased information so that their democracies can actually work and so that their leaders can be held to account in the context of facts rather than propaganda. And isn't all this what you are demanding of Cuba?
Do you think democratically elected countries have the duty of supporting neighboring communist dictators?