wrote:
>
>
> I heard that 50% of the Cuban population survive on
Prostitution.??
I don't think it's that high.
The ironic thing is that Cuba survived for years not on the success
of the communist system but on the subsidy by the Soviet Union of
about US$10 billion/year. Then when communism fell and the
subsidies stopped, Cuba went into a serious downward spiral where
alot of people starved, etc.
What pulled them out?
Capitalism:
1) alot of investment by Germans, Spanish, and Canadians and a big
push for tourism; and
2) more than anything, the U.S. Dollar which Castro then allowed to
be brought into Cuba by Cubans from their Miami relatives.
So, ironically, the only reason this socialist "paradise" even
remotely survived was because of capitalism!
>
> Sir, McGurk, Have you seen Steven Speilberg's
movie "Amistad",
Yes, I have.
> Which is a true story about African Slavery.!
...but may not be a true story of Cinque, the African Slave who
revolted on the ship. One story I heard is that once Cinque was
freed (after the trial depicted in the film), he returned to Africa
and became quite a successful entrepreneur. And guess which field
of endeavor he became successful in?
Cinque became a slave-trader!
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 16:05:12 EDT
> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Andy Garcia's Cuba movie
>
>
> Well I'm sure what many would find to be a hell hole would be
quite comfy for others, at least for a little while. I'm just not
comfortable with being rationed the bare necessities of life, like
food.
>
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