A nice place to visit but...
Cuba is a place that I would love to visit -- I dearly love the Caribbean vibe, have spent time on other islands and the music coming out of there is awesome. Cuba represents the crown jewel of the Caribbean to me and that it has been locked in the grubby hands of Castro brothers for so long makes me wonder why the USA didn't participate in "nation building" a little closer to home. Cuba's people live in poverty so the Castro brothers and their cadre can live large.
Of course they support North Korea where the 'peasants' eat grass and sometimes each other. NorK makes "let them eat cake" look downright generous.
From the
Bellingham Herald:
Cuba decrees 3 days of mourning for Kim Jong Il
The Cuban government has decreed three days of mourning for the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
An official statement read Monday on Cuban state television also said the Communist government had ordered Cuban flags to be flown at half staff at public buildings and military installations.
The mourning period begins Tuesday and runs through Dec. 22.
The leftist governments of Venezuela and Nicaragua have also expressed condolences for the death Saturday of the North Korean leader.
If Cuba is such a workers paradise, why to thousands of people risk their lives every year fleeing over 80 miles of open water to Florida. And to think that people in the USA consider this to be a superior form of government...
Posted by DaveH at December 19, 2011 9:52 PM