Cuba for the non-tourist tourist

This is a must-read if you have any doubt about how bad it is in Cuba for the average Cuban.  Moore’s rose-colored camera lens in Sicko told you a flat-out lie.

The money quote, IMHO:

“We learned that the Cuban system is nothing but misery, moral mendacity and abuse. The system simply smothers you. And yet this revolution (with it"s Che Guevara banners) has sold itself to the youth of the world as a paradigm of equality, liberty and national liberation. And the leaders of the government that governs my country (Spain) simply refuse to come out and call this place a dictatorship. The Cuban people’s personal aspirations seemed completely mutilated. I"ve never felt such anguish about a nation and a people in my life. if I were a Cuban I"d certainly be on a raft.”

Read the whole thing.  It’s worth your time.

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