Here's the little game we play with the Cubans: they see American TV and
think the streets are paved with gold here, But when they get here they find
that it's not so. People leave Cuba because of economics. If we would lift
the embargo things on the island would get better. The Cuban economy grows at
about the rate of 6 to 7% a year. It would grow faster if the blockade were
lifted. Here in this country corporate interests are now running more and
more of most people's lives. Most media i.e. radio, TV, print are owned by
big companies with just a few owing most. Read the Communications Act of
1996. The only thing that saves us here is that we have material wealth. But
we live in a highly managed society. Latin America would be far better off if
this country would keep its hands off. There is no cold war in Cuba. Only the
insane economic war between Cuba and the US Most in Cuba are far better off
than say their counterparts in other Latin American countries.
Viva Fidel!
Jay
