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Perseus

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2. This is complete bull

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 08:18 AM

Dec 2014

Compared to what?

People in Cuba do not have freedom, they do not have food, clothe, good education regardless of what the Cuban government claims, they don't have good healthcare, the one that is supposed to be good is only for those in government and foreigners who are willing to pay big money for what they believe to be good healthcare.

I have many friends who have visited Cuba, remember that records in wikipedia can be added by anyone...the facts are very different.

Does "High Standard of Living" include being imprisoned for saying anything the government may find derogatory?

La Havana is in shambles, buildings are falling, it is not even the shadow of what it was long ago before Castro.

Here is what Cuba used to be:

and here is what it is today:

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Cuba has the second highest standard of living in Latin America beating all capitalist nations in [View all] Ichingcarpenter Dec 2014 OP

You'd be surprised how far one can go...... DeSwiss Dec 2014 #1

Ummm... Gross Kevin from WI Dec 2014 #6

This is complete bull Perseus Dec 2014 #2

The 'Facts are from the UN Ichingcarpenter Dec 2014 #3

I think the dire conditions you're describing above ... Scuba Dec 2014 #4

You are in a protected group - TBF Dec 2014 #5