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| Cuba will use May Day to advertise New-And Improved Socialism |
| 2004-05-01 |
| EFL - from Cubanet. In an interview with the Communist Party daily Granma, Pedro Ross Leal criticized the United States for meddling in Cuban affairs by creating its own plan for the island’s conversion to democracy "such as that installed in Iraq." "The principal motivation of the patriotic and forcible demonstration by our people this coming May 1 will be to answer to the Yankees that there will be a transition to more and better Will Ben AFLAK attend? In a report released February, the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor acknowledged Cuba’s advances in health and education but said state-issued salaries were way too low to provide a decent standard of living for Cuban workers. Increase your minimum wage you fools. Cubans make an average of 400 pesos, about US$15, a month. But the salary is relative, as Cubans also receive free education and medical care. They also enjoy essential goods and services such as housing, transportation, utilities and some food that are extremely inexpensive because of heavy government subsidies. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #3 Why--oh, why?--would anyone possibly want to leave such a wondrous place? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-05-01 9:04:10 AM |
| #2 It's New and Improved Socialism: for whiter teeth and redder Reds. We guarantee 27% less dissent than with the old Socialism ('cause we shot 27% of the dissidents!) |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-05-01 7:41:04 AM |
| #1 Only 74% are starving now as opposed to 75% in the old socialism. . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-01 12:57:57 AM |