Viva Cuba Libre!
Sorry. Only misplaced solidarity with my brother-in-law, not to mention Joey Sobrino struggling to learn the ancestral tongue while lolling on the beach amid hordes of Scandinavian school teachers, nurses, airline stewardesses, etc., led me to this outburst.
Actually, I thought it was a drink.
And now I see this vision of free Cuba's future, now that el lider maximo himself is retiring.
Arriba.
posted by Clemens @ 11:27 PM
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6 Comments:
I think Cuba could temporarily benefit from the forbidden fruit angle once the embargo is lifted (which unfortunately won't be for a while) but most likely it will be like Jamaica, DR, the Bahamas etc: Tourist rich, but otherwise poor.
If they could have a truly economically free and open society all bets are off. But yes, that means that even Walmart can open up shop ;)
Other than the daytrip into Juarez, I see my first step into Latin America being in Costa Rica or Peru .
--Joey
Tia once had a dream of the two of us living in a little apartment in Havana.
Could be.
Elliot, btw, is going off for a visit to Cuba. Tia claims Cuba and Cubans are popular because "we're cute!"
I don't know about that.
Of the many interesting developments that will come when/if Cuba becomes a free market liberal democracy will be if they continue driving the "Yank Tanks" or if new cars are made to look like 1950s American cars. That has become a recognizable symbol of Havana.
--Joey
They could apparently turn downtown Havana into a Disneyesque "50s Land" for aging yanquis like myself to go and relive our youth - for the right number of $$$.
Well, I'm back. I had a good time. But I don't think a week there qualifies me to speak up on the economics or future of Cuba. I'll just say it was quite refreshing to be somewhere different, as opposed to yet another exported American commercial hell.
Hmmm. I think the rapid change of temperature from the Caribbean back to the Great White North may have effected you a bit. Air travel can do that.
Welcome back though. Now I expect some new posts on Claw and Whiggery and Punditry, or whatever.
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