Can somebody tell me what is the situation in Cuba momentally like? I know that Cuba is the only communist country in the world at this moment, but i don't know any more about it...
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Can somebody tell me what is the situation in Cuba momentally like? I know that Cuba is the only communist country in the world at this moment, but i don't know any more about it...
Well Cuba is unique. Its not the only 'communist' state in the world. But it has greater literacy than the U$, less poverty than the U$, and survives very well despite the harsh embargoes in place because of America.
It is led a Fidel Castro, who used to be a lwayer. He and his brother Raul joined up with other young progressive people (a story in its self.)
What else would you like to know?
look here for more info on Cuba and its people: http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/cu/Cu...g_geography.htm
Hope this helps.
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Cuba the only communist country???I thought North-Korea and China were still communists????
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North Korea is a stalinist/facist state and china is starting to go capitalist. So ya its pretty much just Cuba left.
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Laos and Vietnam are also officially socialist states, although Laos is basically in total chaos with very little of any sort of government.
'We began with a revolutionary people'
have you seen pictures of north korea? the place looks awful. china is still a communist party but has let capitalists into the party or something. they are sliding towards capitalism at a very quick speed
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didn't Fidel declare Cuba a socialist country (sometime during the summer), what's the situation there? there has also been an increase in the flow of the dolares in Cuba because of the tourism.
yeh i was thinking about Libya too. what is Ghaddaffis regime like over there? you never here much about Libya.
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He's still in power but hes turned from communist to muslim fundementalist. The U$ began bombing campaigns against Libya in 1984.
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Earlier this year Fidel made some law which keeps Cuba socialist after he dies. I'm not sure how they would change it before but now 2/3 of the communist party have to vote to change it from socialism.
I got that info from www.cubadaily.com ages ago or try www.granma.cu/ (change language down the bottom)
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Of course Ernesto and Fidel set all cubinians FREE, the turned Batista from island...BUT...Fidel became a new DICTATOR OF CUBA...This is like:"Dragon is slayed, viva la (new) Dragon"....(Russian people will understand me)
I liked Che, because after this revilution he didn't stay at Cuba as "dictator's helper"...he moved to other countries to set it's people free!!!
More than 40 years the U.S. have imposed a desasterous comercial boycot in Cuba that prevents the phisiologic economic improvement of the country and this reflects with tragic consequences to Cubas people.
Further more there is a continous ideological war against Havana through strong channels as Radio Marti and Tv Marti from Florida that overflow Cuba with propaganda , imitating the times of the cold war ...
Except of this a lot of terroristic organisations , opposed to Fidel , based in Florida , where they have training camps , send armed commandos , with the passive complicity of the U.S. , to attemp terroristic acts .
Nevertheless the sly war , this small country had impressive resaults in the level of humane improvement : in reducing racism , women manipulation , anaphalbitism was 80% before the revolution , now is less than 5% , drastic reduction in child mortality , accession of the general intelectual level , education , health and sports . They are classified by the U.N. between the countries with the best progress.
In the last book fair in Havana there were no book censored . And over a million people visited the fair and more than 5.000.000 books were circulated. In a country that reading is a passion .
Also the population , that is something important for small countries like Cuba , was almost doubled and this is a big achievment of the Cubanese people.
Freedoms are in a satisfactory way , the last Amnesty International report says that there are 13 political prisoners . This is serious , but there are no torturing , no " disapeared " people , neither assasinations ( there are reports of these brutalities in " democracies " like Guatemala , Hondoura , Tahiti , Mexico and Brazil ) and there is no similarity with the goulangs that are presented from the states .
On the other hand after the soviet and the east block collapse, the countries that Cuba had it's largest export , changed and the economy faced and still faces problems.
So Fidel changed a lot in his socialism :
The agriculture laws have changed , the private buisness were recognised , tourism has increased a lot .
But all this has brought differences in Cuba that's why there is the reappearance of prostitution . Poverty is increasing and people are more desperate than in the past .
Unfortunately with this unavoided opening things will seem bad and it will be difficult for a lot of Cubans.
Cubans who lived poor but under an ideology that is being broken down not with the worst but with a bad way.
But as Fidel said " There are no political models and that nowadays nobody knows exactly what socialism really is ".
Until the next Che , Fidel and the new revolution we shall see ...
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Hmmmm.....Interesting position.....But dictatorship is dictatorship!!!...but sometimes dictatorship is better than F**KING democracy...
You are right , even if all dictators are not the same and we should judge them under the conditions they lived and had to face , dictatorship is something cruel and bad .
Also it depends on the meaning behind the word dictatorship , because Marx talked about the dictatorship of the prolaitariat.
And Engels said "Our era , the era of Democracy is dawning "
And strangly they meant the same thing !!!
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WHATEVER ISN'T WORTH IS EASY
What can I tell tou, my friend...
Dictatorship of prolitariat is VERY-VERY bad thing...because this people is very angry on those people, who earn money and live happy...prolitariat always starts TERROR against that people!!!
Prolitariat is the really waste of the society!!!They ought not to stay in rule of the country!!!
(Edited by Kapitan Andrey at 6:22 am on Jan. 12, 2003)
First and foremost, we are not "Cubanian" or "Cubanese". Just CUBAN!!!!
I just started doing some research on El Che and so far my opinion on the guy has done a complete 180 from bad to good... so far. Che was not Fidel...based on my readings, Che would not have done what Castro did to Cuba.
Some say Cuba is a lost cause...others say it's just fine. Most people that support Castro or Cubas current condition are not Cuban themselves. They base these opinions on the crap that they read...assuming it's legit and in good intention. Even Che's own son has a misguided interpretation of his father...perhaps its the Cuban Gov't in which he lives in...pulling his strings, brainwashing him to remember his father like Castro would like to remember him.
All it will take is a new "Che" to relieve Cuba of Castro... Go back to Start, collect $200 and roll again!
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I suggest some of you do some more reading before jumping and staying in such a mindset. And F Fidel, you are so anti-Castro but so pro-Che.
What is that supposed to mean???
