THis is biased article, like everything on this website…I agree that the lifting of teh EU sanctions will do nothing to enourage democracy in Cuba.
At the same time, I think its the moral thing to do. Cuba, dictator or not, is a soverign nation that deserves to be part of world community. Should we also sever all ties with Saudia Arabia, Vietnam, China – and other countries in the Middle east -which by the way are wholly worse off the Cuba.
This person demonizes Cuba, which should be, but exaggerates how bad it is…. you have never been to Cuba in the past 20 years.. its bad (ie. poverty, repressive polices on freedom of speech), but not vietnam or even rural China bad..
Or even go to “democracies” Go to Dominian republic, Hati, even Jamica, – analyze their infrastructe and education system = much worse off than cuba.
OR even Costa Rica, the bastion of western style democracies and strong ally of US has more prostitutes than Cuba, which you always lament. Go to downtown San Jose, you will see with your own eyes. Brazil , a realtively rich country, also has more prostittues.
In my humble opinion, its all about Miami and their desire that Cuba “reflect” their warped view of “freedom”. Freedom will come from within or from nowhere… Cubans are fiercy nationalistic – partly b/c what Batista and prior dictators did to that country.
I am anti-castro, but also anti-exile at once. This puts me with the majority of common Cubans (the ones living and making a life in cuba).
