Juragua

[Dreadnaht1]

Here's a little something, in 1983 the Soviet Union offered to install an advanced power plant on Cuba with twin Nuclear Reactors. It would've cut back on Cuba's importing of foreign fossile fuels by up to an estimated 25-50% and might have made Cuba a much less poverse country then it is today.

1992 the former USSR cut funding for the plant and because of Cuba's trade embargo no foreign investors were willing to fund Cuba to finish the plant. Just another way USA has fucked Cuba over--but it gets better. As of 1995 the first reactor was 80% complete and would take an average of 2 years to finish, the other reactor is only half finished. Without the needed amount of money (an insane $1,000 million) to complete the plant, the Fidel regime is left spenting $2 million (3 million on the 80% complete reactor) dollars per year to keep the reactors in a preserved state. And if that's not enough, the former president Clinton has declared that if Cuba ever does complete the plant it will be taken as an agressive motion towards the USA and it's people.

Why? Becuase Cuba has failed to sign certain nuclear safety treaties and ratify them and if Cuba ever does complete the reactors they might pose a safety threat, a safety threat not to the Cuban people, mind you, but rather the American people. Clinton also said this: "...[ the constrution of the plants will] be met with an appropriate response in order to maintain the security of the national borders of the United States and the health and safety of the American people."

Talk about bullshit and screwing Cuba over and forcing them to buy from US oil companies.

-Dread

[flames of the flag]

why doesn't cuba just say "alright lets sign the damn thing"
then the us can't fuck with em

[Dreadnaht1]

Yes, but it's also a UN treaty and Cuba doesn't participate in UN conventions anymore. Plus even then I'd think U$A would come up with some other lame excuse to prevent them from purchasing foreign oil.

-Dread

[flames of the flag]

is it also the u$a's fault that they don't participate in the conventions?

[revolutionary spirit]

clinton need a ***** slap

[Dreadnaht1]

Clinton need ***** slap, indeed.

And yes, I'm quite sure the U$A has corrupted the UN into a state in which it can no longer cater to the third world American nations. It is afterall the backyard of USA and we can't have all of these dirty dirty Americans running around with leftist notions of freedom in their heads now can we?

-Dread

[flames of the flag]

that very much pisses me off!
I'm kinda ignorant to the situation in cuba, what's their milatary like?
if they has some power they could just pile up the troops on their borders and finish off the plant, iguess they could never beat the u.s., though

[Kez]

the USSR made fuck loads of nuke plants, the worst ones are in bulgaria and in armenia :), but one has to say that without them such countries would be even more behind than that of what they are now
Glory to the soviets

comrade kamo

[Dreadnaht1]

The Revolutionary (Cuban) Armed Forces have seen a sharp drop in the amount of soldiers from approx. 59,000 in 1965 to approx. 7,000-10,000 (1999) from what I remember. Allthough Cuba has absolutely no technology in the ways of militarism they were provided with several hundred advanced MiG Soviet fighter jets in 1965. From what I've read the age of the aircraft plus the maintenance cost of each has forced more then 65% of them to become scrap.

Cuba may have technological warfare issues but one area the Cubans do excel in is Biochemistry. Cuba has the world's highest average life expectancy for civilians and also has the lowest expectancy of deaths during births. They made 125 million US dollars last year exporting advanced medication and biochemical technology.

According to the US reports of Cuba's biochemistry technology (these are most likely exajurated) the Cuban government is capable of producing biochemical warfare agents including Anthrax and even the Bubonic Plague. So maybe there is hope of Cuba fighting back if they finally got the money to finish up their plant.

-Dread

[Kez]

i went to see maddame tussauds, and met fidel

random comment of the week
comrade kamo

[El Commandante]

Another random comment, but I want to go to Mdm. Tussauds and see the head of Sir Jimmy Savile, they melted his body down for other people which is quite funny. Also I wouldn't mind chinning the model of the queen, muhahaha.

Well that's used up my quota for the week.

[flames of the flag]

it pleases me to know that the u.s isn't in on that biochemistry, i bet they're jealous, but then again i really can't see why the u.s. hasn't invaded cuba: they easilly have the military power and if anyone dissaproved it wouldn't matter cause it's the u.s.

[Dreadnaht1]

I think the U$A is afraid the Cubans would simply rise up again and again and try to take back their independance. Even if U$A totally assimilated Cuba and made it an actual part of the U$ the Cubans would still fight back. I think the revolution has instilled hope in them and it will probobly remain in them for a long time.

-Dread