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Reply to "Cuban President Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela Castro, receives U.S. visa to attend conference in San Francisco"

Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

Relations will gradually improve between Cuba and the US-of-A, -- similar to how issues were addressed between the US-of-A and the soviet-bloc countries.

I believe the relations will be more than gradual. Cuba urgently needs serious cash influx , Fidel and Raul know it and they are old tired men whose hindsight is indicating they f69ked up big time ! Cuba has a dual economy with two distinct systems operating side by side. The socialist peso economy applies to most Cubans, providing them with free education, free health care, universal employment, unemployment compensation, disability and retirement benefits and the basis necessities of life: food, housing, utilities and very little entertainment at very low cost. The free-market dollarized  economy operates in the tourist international and export sectors, and substantially sustains the socialist economy which is owned by the govt and which employs over 90% of cubans. The remaining percentage of cubans were allowed private farming which is very subsistance and very small businesses which never grew or expanded. Since the USSR subsidies were cut with the break up of the USSR the country has been sinking. Imagine if Jagan was allowed to take Guyana down the same road how far worse Guyana would have been. All alyuh PPPites would be speaking Spanish and Cubans would have become the new colonial masters for the USSR. Since the USSR collapsed/dissolved in 1991 many russian states have not yet recovered from the neglect by socialist politics and economy and it's been 21 years. In russians states one has to pay dearly to grow and expand a business , much like whats going on in Guyana under the PNC/Burnham rule and the PPP/Jagan/Jagdeo/Ramoutar rule. I dont believe this will happen when Cuban capitulates because expat cubans will makes sure the economy opens up rapidly and politics plays second fiddle .

FM
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