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2016-12-27 Caribbean-Latin America

Cuba faces 'deep problems' in 2017

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Posted by Pappy 2016-12-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Cuba has faced deep problems every year since the Castros took over in 1959. So much for the communist-created "paradise (sarc)." File with the other failed communist states such as Venezuela, etc.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-12-27 09:06|| 2016-12-27 09:06|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the first things I learned about politics was this:

objective poverty is not a problem; poverty relative to expectations is the problem. A country with expectations rising faster than results is set up for catastrophe if the results trend dips much at all.

This was all taught in the context of Tsar Nicholas, if Cuban expectations rise quickly and can't be met................

Posted by AlanC 2016-12-27 11:50|| 2016-12-27 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 "Cuba ~~can't~~ won't reform"

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-27 14:16|| 2016-12-27 14:16|| Front Page Top

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