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I just hope the free Cubans of tomorrow remember who enabled their captors and torturers.

Ditto what Henry said, and for the record, flawed as it may be, the U.S. and its "embargo" stands alone as a single voice in protest of that apartheid. Our Democratic system of governance, being the inconsistent messy entity that it is--has not done what is right by Cuba. I am shamed and saddened that by this fact. That being said, I know that America stands ready with aid to help rebuild Cuba. Raul will not be able to contain Cuba, I dream, and wish for Cuba Libre. 48 years is too much, even in Gods time, I pray for the end.

Thanks for mentioning this. It's not just buildings. It's also a Telecom company that helps the regime repress dissidents.

As an Italian, I am ashamed.

Ditto.

The Italians and the Spaniards are buildings castles in the air. When Cuba is free, these properties will be awarded to their rightful owners, that is, those who own the land on which these apartment complexes were built. So let them build and build and build. In the end, they won't be building for their benefit or Castro's, but for that of the Cuban people.

Since we are on the subject of Italian duplicity and this subject is not likely to come up again, I will avail myself of this opportunity to point out some curious facts about Cuba and Italy. First, the fact, unearthed bu Humberto Fontova, that in 1958 there were 12,000 Italians on a waiting list for immigration to Cuba. Of course, at that time Italy was a pauper nation and it was Cuba that led Italy on all social and economic indices.

Also interesting is the fact that the Mariel boatlift saved Italy from a projected victory by the Communists in the 1980 elections. The Christian Democrats aired political ads which featured the fleeing Cubans with the logo: "Is Italy next?" The Communists lost the election and Italy was spared the shame of becoming the first European country to voluntarily embrace Communism in the decade when Communism would collapse there.

The very least these enablers of totalitarian oppression and criminal injustice deserve is to lose all of their investment in Cuba, totally lose it. They deserve worse, but unfortunately, as with so many of those responsible for Cuba's tragedy, perfect justice will never be done (not in this world, anyway).

Marc, I first saw the comparison (and contrast) of the treatment of the so-called "world community" of South Africa under apartheid versus Cuba on another site. I'm glad you mention it here. We need to repeat it until it sinks in because it is the height of hypocrisy that the same people who demanded a complete boycott of South Africa now advocate for dialogue and commerce with Cuba.

Also, you mentioned that foreign-owned hotels in Cuba are built and staffed by Cubans who cannot avail themselves of the very facilities they build and run. Something you didn't mention is that these Cuban workers' wages are paid directly to Castro's government, which then pockets a huge chunk of the money and pays these workers a bare pittance.

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