VVP posted:Billy Ram Balgobin posted:Look how pragmatic the Vietnamese and Chinese have been and how successful they have become. Cuba and North Korea have not been able to prosper because of their refusal to acknowledge that their economic system is inefficient. Cuba needs to break with the past and reform the economy. Human rights is a big issue as well as democracy.
Ever heard about embargo my friend? Why is it as an American I cannot be allowed to visit? I thought we had freedom of travel here.
The embargo has taken a major toll on Cuba's economy. There is no doubt about that. The US have had terrible relationship with many countries in this hemisphere going back to the last two hundred years, but none has been this nasty for so long. I would say the US needs to stop pressuring this country to submit to its whims and wishes. Cuba should also make meaningful changes that will bring more freedoms to the Cuban people and benefits to the economy. Cuba has been punished unfairly not necessarily because of its ideology and undemocratic rule - Cuba has been paying price for successfully defying the U.S. by thwarting every effort by the CIA to remove Castro. Many observers believe the US had no interest in democraticizing Cuba as was the case with Nicaragua under the Somoza Dynasty. The very attempt to topple Castro in 1961 indicated to the Cubans that the use was not interested in removing Fidel by elections but a fast Latin type coup and end of story. The Jagan gov't was brought down by the longest general strike in world history. They even confessed it was the most inexpensive operation the CIA ever carried out in removing a national gov't.