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by sonnyblarney
2889 days ago
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"Cuba, renting a car, sleeping in a hotel, diving or buying in a store has one thing in common: the companies that provide these services belong to the Grupo Empresarial Empresarial S.A. (GAESA) led by the Revolutionary Armed Forces, reported dpa news. GAESA is the largest Cuban holding company and includes a conglomerate of more than 50 companies, all directed under the laws of the market and chaired by brigadier General Luis Alberto Rodríguez " [1] "American tourists strolling the ample squares and narrow streets of colonial Havana may not know it, (...) , they are probably patronizing businesses owned by Cuba’s military." "Today GAESA boasts dozens of companies that control anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of the Caribbean island’s foreign exchange earnings, " [2] The list goes on. [1] https://www.havanatimes.org/?p=125750 [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-military/cuban-m... |
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Guy? What? I'm just a farm boy from small town Wisconsin. But I have been to Cuba. A lot. And not only recently now that everything is different, I was there during the special period even. I'm only relating what I saw.
Crippling poverty. Everywhere.
"Militarily Industrialized". Give me a break. What "industry"? Don't get me wrong. No one starves in Cuba. (Even during the Special Period.) But people were hungry, and I don't think anyone would go to Cuba and conclude that they have loads of industry under the control of their army. (In fact, you'd have been hard pressed to show "loads of industry" at all.)
Again, yeah, yeah, all of this is changing. Constitution reforms, North Cuba Basin, Yada yada yada. But that place has been poverty personified for a very long time. And there was no "industry" to be found.
And what is it with you and this phantom army of yours? The Cuban Army is a joke. The only thing the Cuban military has is smart guys. That's it. They're not gonna be out repelling any invasions anytime soon. The cops on their streets are what you should really be worried about. (Don't commit a crime, because the Castros run things down there. That's free advice.)
Finally, you're the one on here talking like some propaganda minister for who knows who. Not me.
Oh yeah... also... living on 12 dollars a month SUCKS. So if I sound a little angry, it's because seeing so many good people living that experience still gets under my skin.