February 28, 2006

Another Must Read

It's a bit long, but well worth taking a few minutes to read. From Canada's National Post, via The Real Cuba:

The Real Cuba: Since the days of Pierre Trudeau, Canadians have idealized Cuba as a beleaguered socialist utopia. As this insider shows, the truth is very different

Posted by Val Prieto at February 28, 2006 10:49 AM

Comments

I'm stunned over the story where "youths" go into someone's home and smashing something that works fine to force the already impoverished people to get a new one. A fan, a lightbulb... and I'm sure more things were broken.

Posted by: h0mi at February 28, 2006 10:59 AM

Great Article.

Posted by: conductor at February 28, 2006 11:00 AM

I, too, am aghast at the story of the "youths" breaking items. We all know what we in America would do.

How much longer, Lord???

Posted by: Pointy Head at February 28, 2006 12:47 PM

Those "social workers" are Fidel's version of the Nazi Brown Shirts.

Posted by: Mariana at February 28, 2006 01:40 PM

Maybe these invasions of what little remains of Cubans' personal privacy and dignity will trigger the final political cataclysm for the system - one never knows what breaks the camel's back until after it breaks.

After painfully reading the article, I come to the conclusion that life in "Kuba" is like being trapped in an endless Fellini movie, directed by Satan.

Posted by: Alberto Quiroga at February 28, 2006 01:43 PM

The part about the "social workers" reminded me of the movie "The Killing Fields" wherein the child uproots a small tomato vine which the prisoner is growing trying to obtain a little food. Carajo, a lo que han llegado estos comunistas Hs de Ps.

Posted by: omar at February 28, 2006 02:48 PM


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