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Originally Posted by Cherry7
Went to Cuba to work, filmed rock concert Audioslave, Poeple friendly and free... Travel to Maria De las Gorda by car picking up Cubian hikers along the way.. Walked around Havana with no problems, no crime or fear of crime.
People have access to schools culture and healthcare... Most third world countries would dream of such advances... of course for rich first world citizens without the imagination to understand they just see it the way their govt want them to see it as poor... but if you were poor where would you want to live? Cuba or a Brazilian slum, Haiti? or even a black getto in the states.
Is the country perfect? of course not! but it is a country that tried to make things better for the majority of its people. The US to its shame has used terror and illegal blockcades to destroy this small island.
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Fuck man, I would have given my left nut to see Audioslave in Havana. I tried to go for that but I found out too late what was going on and could not make it in time.
I'm glad you got to see Cuba, and not just the resorts. I feel for the people, but on the other hand, even though they are poor and some are oppressed, they have something special and will lose it all the day the embargo drops and the rest of the world rushes in to exploit them. I would not be surprised if 10 years after they open up, they wish they were back the way they were now. Cuba will end up worse off than they are now when it's all said and done.