Reply to "Fidel's Last Ride"

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VVP posted:
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Is China communist? Cubans are struggling because of the USA embargo and they understand that that's why they are content.
Why doesn't the USA allow open travel to Cuba?

1. Castro screamed about how terrible the USA is. So he should have been glad that the embargo "protected" Cuba against "evil US imperialism".

2. Every country in the world trades with Cuba, so the fact that there are restrictions on US trade is minimal. In fact the USA is one of Cuba's largest trading partners, providing a high % of the food consumed on that island.

3. Castro didn't want unfettered US influence on the island, which would have occurred had their been no embargo.

Find another excuse. To scream that the absence of "evil US imperialism" harmed Cuba is a joke, especially when one considers that Cuba, until recently, was getting virtually free oil from Venezuela.

12/5/1610:44 AM

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