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Worth A LookRichard Wright: An Appreciation of Cuba
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Cuba is a fascinating island country. I have written down a few observations, from a trip I made there in October 2013.
When the Soviet Union imploded, the Russians typically not only pulled all of their troops and civilian advisors out of Cuba, but also nullified all trade and aid agreements. As a result many Cubans that I talked to refer to the 1990’s as a time of great hardship. If the U.S. Government were not in the hands of the cognitively challenged, this would have been the exact time to lift the embargo and start pouring aid and investments into Cuba. Instead Cuba’s salvation came with rediscovery of Cuba by the Canadians and Europeans. European tourism in Cuba has grown enormously and has led to European investments in Cuba. At the same time the Cuban Government under both Fidel and Raul Castro is gingerly reintroducing capitalism into Cuba and allowing the Cuban people to start up private enterprises of all sorts. Given the capabilities of the Cubans, Cuba is close to producing a booming economy. Meanwhile the Cuban Government is moving to reestablish a convertible monetary system based on its national currency, the Peso. (At present tourists in Cuba convert their national currencies into “CUCs” (“tourist peso”). The EU and UNESCO are pouring money into Cuba to restore the wonderful colonial architecture of old Havana (Habana Vieja) and other cities. Needless to say Europeans, Canadians, and Cubans think the continuing U.S. Embargo of Cuba is idiotic. I agree. Typical of U.S. thinking on Cuba, the State Department lists Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism” for rational or even irrational reason.
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