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Old 02-19-2008, 08:05 AM   #15 (permalink)
BenRoethig
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Whoa!! I asked a plain and simple question - I am not expecting such sarcastic criticism. I ask simply what was Cuba like? I have not studied it, I have other things to do with my life - and the replacement of a Castro with a Castro is fact, not an opinion of my own. I asked for views, thats all.
To be honest, Cuba hasn't modernized very much since Castro took over. Add to that the large subsidies paid by the Russians are long since gone.

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Cuba should stop its unnecessary and unfair savage repression of its own citizens.
Well, Raul has already decided that $20 a month is note enough to live on.
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