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Spinoff from poor v rich: What's Cuba like today if no Castro and Guevara?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:41 pm
Personally I think their education suffers greatly but other than that it'd be a better place.
Would it be a US Territory like Puerto Rico?
Would it be a US Territory like Puerto Rico?
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Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:44 pm to YeahYeah
Tourist attraction.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:48 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It's been a tourist attraction even with Castro. Just not a tourist attraction for Americans
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:50 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
It was a major tourist destination before Castro. There were casinos, resorts, nice beaches, of course it was mostly controlled by the mob but it was still nice. They have a decent agriculture industry with sugar cane, coffee, and tropical fruits. Not sure if they oil in their waters but that's another possible source of income. It would be a much better place than today for sure.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:52 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Not sure if they oil in their waters but that's another possible source of income.
I think there's like 3 offshore oil rigs
Posted on 6/25/16 at 3:58 pm to YeahYeah
Probably not too much different than the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, Southern Mexico, etc: poor, corrupt, with narcotrafficking being one of the major industries.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:14 pm to YeahYeah
I think it would be a better Puerto Rico.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:21 pm to Mars duMorgue
One thing Cuba had going for it was a strong middle & upper-middle class. The sugar industry tanking before Castro & corruption was out of control. If the economy could have diversified & corruption reigned in, Cuba could have the strongest economy in Latin America.
What if the banking industry exploded in Cuba in the 60's & 70's instead of the Cayman Islands & Panama? Havana would be a cosmopolitan jewel, instead of a city stuck in a time warp.
What if the banking industry exploded in Cuba in the 60's & 70's instead of the Cayman Islands & Panama? Havana would be a cosmopolitan jewel, instead of a city stuck in a time warp.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:31 pm to Ghost of Colby
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One thing Cuba had going for it was a strong middle & upper-middle class.
Who do you think supported the Cuban Revolution? It was the middle class
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:34 pm to YeahYeah
What a bunch of retards
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:40 pm to Ancient Astronaut
My father was just a kid during the revolution but our grandfather always said he never thought communism would be the end result. It was pushed as an anti-corruption revolution
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:51 pm to YeahYeah
At the beginning of 1959 United States companies owned about 40 percent of the Cuban sugar lands—almost all the cattle ranches—90 percent of the mines and mineral concessions—80 percent of the utilities—practically all the oil industry—and supplied two-thirds of Cuba's imports.
—?John F. Kennedy
When we were done robbing them of everything it would just be another 3rd world country that resorts to drug profits. Look up United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit Company and you will figure out that it's not just Indians and Africans that we fricked over. Really punished these Latinos for generations. Oh, and wont let them in here. To nice.
—?John F. Kennedy
When we were done robbing them of everything it would just be another 3rd world country that resorts to drug profits. Look up United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit Company and you will figure out that it's not just Indians and Africans that we fricked over. Really punished these Latinos for generations. Oh, and wont let them in here. To nice.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 4:57 pm to wolfonthebayou
I am very well aware of all of that. I grew hearing about all the wrong doings of the US. I grew up saying
Why not make Cuba a US territory?
quote:Every morning at school
Pioneros por el Comunismo, seremos como el Che
Why not make Cuba a US territory?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 5:22 pm to YeahYeah
quote:its not quite that easy
Why not make Cuba a US territory?
for fun lets suppose Castro/Cuba had gone the way of PR
no Cuban missile crisis furthering the end of the cold war
Kruschev stays in power,
so no Brezhnev ? (who extending the cold war)
would Nam ever have happened ?
would Nixon attempt to normalize with China ?
would the Soviets have tried to pull something in Central America
Cuba was a huge turning point in world politics
Posted on 6/25/16 at 5:27 pm to OWLFAN86
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its not quite that easy
I'm talking pre-Castro Cuba. Obviously Castro led Cuba was not going allow that to happen
Posted on 6/25/16 at 5:33 pm to YeahYeah
quote:understood,
I'm talking pre-Castro Cuba. Obviously Castro led Cuba was not going allow that to happen
still making another independent country a territory or protectorate without it being a direct result of a recent war would be unlikely if not unprecedented
I cannot think of it happening ever at least not in modern times
maybe the OT will impress me
Posted on 6/25/16 at 5:36 pm to Mars duMorgue
Casinos. Lots and lots of casinos. I really think it would put Vegas out of business.
Instead of in the middle of a fricking desert, they could be on a tropical island
Instead of in the middle of a fricking desert, they could be on a tropical island
Posted on 6/25/16 at 5:39 pm to Prominentwon
What was the process to become a US state? How/why did Hawaii become a state? Cuba would have made more sense given the proximity to the mainland.
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