[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for your comments. All this trip did for this dame was to reinforce her love for communism.

I found Cuba most interesting. It was quite a learning experience about a country under communism. Also, I can no longer be BSd by CCN, et al. because like them, I’ve been there too and can think for myself.

I take issue where the article states that most of their money was spent in state-owned stores. I wandered into one of these stores by mistake in the middle of one afternoon, and there was nothing to buy unless one was interested in detergent products. The meat area was empty of meat. This store was tiny, but I had not been in others with which to compare it. There is also practically nothing to buy in general in Cuba because Cuba has practically nothing to sell other than some handicrafts, paintings, and t-shirts. My entire purchase was one inexpensive t-shirt and a small paperback travel book.

[Texas_Dawg]

The Communist government in Cuba spends all the money it has on putting on a nice facade for tourists, especially in Havana. But when you get out into the Eastern part of Cuba, away from the towns, people live like this (via an article on DallasNews.com from yesterday's Dallas Morning News):

Most parts of Cuba I've seen make Mexico's worst parts look like Heaven. And I've seen a lot of both countries.