Well, we love the photos in this slide show, but we disagree with some of the statements that continue to promote an incorrect and skewed view of Cuba. Which is your favorite slide? I like #13: Basically everyone thinks the embargo is stupid. Heres the intro to the slide show: If you close your eyes and think of the word Cuba, chances are you thinking of something along the lines of: A bearded man in green military garb smoking a cigar. A mojito. An old VW Beetle bouncing down a cobblestone road. Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. yelling, Show me the money! OK, you probably didnt think of the last one. But the fact remains that the prevailing stereotype Americans have of Cuba is of a small, iconoclastic country ruled by an old dictator that has remained stuck in the late 1950s. Or, with all the socialized medicine hype over the past few years, maybe youve also heard of Cubas fabled health care system. But Cuba has been undergoing a fascinating and important transition over the past six years, when Fidel Castro relinquished power to his younger brother Raúl: a series of unprecedented reforms. Make no mistake, the Cuban government continues to be repressive and undemocratic. But while Cuba may not be very big, there is more happening on the island that you may think.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:00:01 +0000
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