Hi Mervyn I too visited Cuba and found much to commend about it---but then, I am a left-winger. But I also believe in criticising things too. For example, I was genuinly surprised that there was so little public transport by way of bus provision across the main cities and people would wait for anything like three or more ours to travel between destinations with which I became familiar. Yes, I know about the famed health service and Cuba's offer, including to the USA in a crisis but I wish there were more buses! As I happened to travel by private taxi all over, and there always was spare capacity, I instructed each driver to pick up passengers en route and drop them appropriately. Such people were most grateful to a tourist like me and I wish they did not have to rely on my kind of 'charity and generosity'. Just one small other point, I noted how much Cuba was like the Soviet Union that I had driven around for three weeks in 1968 including the distinctive smell of the petrol and the rationing system for petrol as well as the friendliness of the people. As to the health system in America, I can't wait for Hillary to make it. Cornel
Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote Cornel, I have received (free) medical treatment in Cuba. There is no other country in the Caribbean that offers the health care facilities that the Cubans do. The Cubans are also in Africa offering free medical treatment in Tanzania and other countries. Come to think of it, Castro has even offered free medical care to the US. In fact, after Katrina, he offered free medical services to the Americans before the US govt did.
