Cuentos Chinos

Who to believe?

In this article published in several international outlets Cuban Economy Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez says:

“Those who speculated there would be a collapse or dramatic change or the search for a model that is not our own, have seen that this has not been the case and fortunately the economy is still moving along,” Rodriguez said.

That despite the fact that interim leader Raul Castro, 75, is said to be practical-minded and interested in the Asian economies.

“The Chinese model is very different for a number of reasons. China has great potential on many fronts that Cuba does not have,” Rodriguez said mentioning differences in population and rural development.

And in this story from Russia we learn that perhaps Rodriguez is out of step with his master:

Cuban leader Fidel Castro praised Chinese “market socialism” in a letter to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Chavez stated while speaking at the Bolivarian Alternative (Spanish abbreviation ALBA) summit on Sunday. Castro analyzed China's successes in his ten-page letter and predicted that it would become one of the superpowers of the 21st century.

Chavez said that Castro referred to the writings of Mao Zedung and the memoirs of Ernesto Che Guevara in his letter.

Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at April 30, 2007 09:43 PM

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