At 10:26 am -0400 25/8/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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.
wrong
they didnt see american tv, or european tv, or latinamerican tv
they only see cuban tv, one channel, the fidel channel.
people want to be free, and construct antenas to see wireless tv
or radio, or any signal to bypass this channel
>People leave Cuba because of economics.
not at all
they leave because they want to be free
>If we would lift
>the embargo things on the island would get better.
wrong again
there is no one embargo
we have two embargos
one from usa
one from cubans
from usa the embargo is economic
from cuban is ideological and technological
i was there with a group of left-intelectual people
& we meet with the culture minister
he said: "we must stand the shield of our national identity against yanqui
imperialism"
>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
hmmmm, jay, did you like fidel?
this is because you dont live there.
...pez
Ps: a joke
one cuban gay said to another
"in US people have free expression. any body can said: fuck clinton"
"also in cuba we have that: any body can said, fuck clinton too"
