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Doug
Casey in Cuba - The guru of offshore and international living
provides some reminiscence & analysis of the changes in Cuba over the
past five years - he knows his
stuff. |
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Santiago de Cuba to Havana in only Three Weeks - Linda Thalman
is the director of WebFrance International and editor of the Paris In Sites
Newsletter. She has traveled extensively. On a recent trip to the land
of music, laughter, and rum, she lived Cuba from east to west. Linda
writes, "At the first step out of the Santiago de Cuba airport on Saturday,
12 February, we salsa-ed through a receiving line of costumed dancers moving
to the beat of Cuban music. And the beat went on and on throughout our
trip from east to west in Cuba. After three weeks of almost no TV -- CNN
and even France-2 television are available at the big hotels, no newspapers
-- only the Spanish-language national daily Granma, and no Internet. |
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| Gaviota,
The Last Cowgirl in Cuba - This ratiocination of events in Cuba
leads me to a bizarre vision of the future: Havana stands very little chance
of not becoming another Juarez or Tijuana, with their controlled and horrific
professional prostitution, gambling and gangsterism (a lot like present
day Russia, too). |
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| Havana
Great Time in Cuba ~ Doing Havana Like a Cuban in Cuba - Vacationing in
Cuba- Al Dieste says, "Having just returned from four weeks in
Cuba, three of which were spent in Havana, I would like to share with your
readers the wonderful opportunity to enjoy and discover a rich and diverse
culture, at less-than-Motel 6 prices! Consider an alternative title
to this article as “Vacationing Like a King in Havana for $50 a Day!” Sept./02 |
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City Yankee in King Castro’s Court - Obviously the situation here
on the island was closer to the opposite: Nearly everyone was HIGHLY educated
and had had in the past many varying opportunities, cultures, and comfort-levels.
This probably was a significant contribution to their becoming what they
are: one of the most articulate, bright, and passionate peoples. ...they
exhibited daily their tremendous joy in living. Without the comforts which
most of the world enjoys (TV, computers, magazines, presidential sex-scandal-entertainments,
etc.) they resort to music and dance, poetry and art, dialogue and personal
interactions... life as we used to know it. |
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| Iowa
Yankee in King Castro's Court - Steeping back through time, the
author, recounts the events of a short trip to Cuba - his fifth. |
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| Retiring
in Cuba - Christopher Howard, author of "Living and Investing in
the New Cuba" shares his wisdom on Cuba. Cuba may soon become the place
to beat if they can maintain cautious growth and a realistic balance between
what they have and what they need. |
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| The
Case Against Cuba Sanctions ~ Latin Business Chronicle - Cuba Tourism
- Philip Peters is a vice president of the Lexington Institute. Peters
writes, "On the eve of Congressional consideration of amendments affecting
U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba, the State Department has released
a 20-page "white paper" to bolster its point of view. The paper may
well reveal the Administration's real reason for wanting to deny Americans
the right to travel freely to Cuba: it does not want Americans to see how
distorted is their own government's presentation of Cuban reality. August/02. |
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