List, Anyone wishing to find out what Cuba is like is welcome to come with us on the next Send A Piana To Havana brigade. Is it a poor country? Yes, but the burdon is shared. There are no homeless and everyone has access to free education and health care. Unlike almost all third world countries, no one has to worry about sheer survival and everyone has at least a decent standard of living, though in many cases not much more. I never found a part of town where I couldn't walk safely. And unlike many of the former Iron Curtain countries, visitors are absolutely free to go wherever they want. It is not Paradise. It is a one party system without open elections. But it is also relatively free of corruption. Even the man at the top doesn't care about enriching himself, although most people are rather tired of him being in charge. Repressive? To a degree, but not as much as many third world countries, certainly not as much as the former Iron Curtain countries, and probably a lot less than Miami. Paul S. Larudee
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