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In the discussion thread: After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely [View all]

Mon May 21, 2012, 01:37 PM

Mika (15,017 posts)

61. Indeed.

My GF's aunt just arrived from Cuba. She sold her old car and bought a new one in Cuba (a Renault). She runs a tourist paladar/ bed & breakfast and does pretty well.
She loves Cuba, as do her friends and family who all love the socialist system there. When she watches the news here in Miami she freaks out at the violence and other very disturbing news (like the home foreclosure crisis and ed cutbacks, and the Repugs moves to cut aid to the poorest and in need).
I don't come here too much, DD. Got sick of the ignorant responses. Still LOVE my dear friends here - always will.
Cheers.

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62 replies	Author	Time	Post
After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely [View all]	Bacchus4.0	May 2012	OP
So the average Cuban can come to the US.	trumad	May 2012	#1
Liberalized travel for Cubans isn't a reality yet. It's still "hope." You have more freedom...	slackmaster	May 2012	#3
But it sure looks like they will be able to.	trumad	May 2012	#4
the restrictions on Cubans isn't just for the US, its everywhere n/t	Bacchus4.0	May 2012	#7
Yep	trumad	May 2012	#10
It is a stupid policy, but	Daniel537	May 2012	#9
yep	trumad	May 2012	#13
No doubt.	Daniel537	May 2012	#14
They did try.	TheWraith	May 2012	#21
My nephew went to Cuba last year. You're behind the times.	MADem	May 2012	#17
I went as part of my church's long-standing exchange program	Lydia Leftcoast	May 2012	#45
The people-to-people "rules" are very loose these days.	MADem	May 2012	#46
And even if the restrictions were lifted	Daniel537	May 2012	#5
They will find the money.	trumad	May 2012	#8
Some definitely will	Daniel537	May 2012	#11
I don't think the average American could afford a trip to Tokyo Disneyland! nt	MADem	May 2012	#16
There are enough Cuban exiles in Miami with family there that they can get a trip very easily.	joshcryer	May 2012	#35
The average Cuban could not go anywhere up to now.	MADem	May 2012	#15
That's not my point.	trumad	May 2012	#18
No--your point was "So the average Cuban can come to the US" (not true)	MADem	May 2012	#28
Thousands go every year	roody	May 2012	#19
One of my nephews went, all quite above board. No sneaking.	MADem	May 2012	#29
I've gone twice without Big Brother's	roody	May 2012	#36
A Jewish group does a similar thing, and has for several years.	MADem	May 2012	#37
My nephew went yachting	Seedersandleechers	May 2012	#59
"Who has more freedom?"	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#23
Ahhhh American Exceptionalism.	trumad	May 2012	#24
thats really not the issue, Cubans who obtain a visa to the US	Bacchus4.0	May 2012	#25
"under certain circumstances"	trumad	May 2012	#26
Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Baltimore, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and Miami...	joshcryer	May 2012	#34
It's even looser, now--you can go on a photography, architecture or cooking trip, for example.	MADem	May 2012	#39
People to people is good, but you still need a licensed company that offers it.	joshcryer	May 2012	#47
The better ones have worked it down to just under two hundred a day,	MADem	May 2012	#49
Indeed, saying America is worse than every other nation in every way	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#27
You are laboring under a misapprehension.	MADem	May 2012	#30
It's not a contest!	MADem	May 2012	#38
He asked a question	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#40
Errrrr.....I was agreeing with you! nt	MADem	May 2012	#41
Oh sorry, I wasn't sure who you were referring to	4th law of robotics	May 2012	#42
No--the whole "comparison" thing...	MADem	May 2012	#43
You? (nt)	Posteritatis	May 2012	#32
You do	treestar	May 2012	#51
About damn time.	Daniel537	May 2012	#2
Sweet...	trumad	May 2012	#6
I thought Obama was the one doing that.	Daniel537	May 2012	#12
Then we would have some decent health care!	roody	May 2012	#20
A relative small number	The Wizard	May 2012	#22
We Need To Drop Our Outdated Restrictions Against Cuba.	Paladin	May 2012	#31
Wow, if Cuba does this expect relations to normalize very quickly. Shots fired.	joshcryer	May 2012	#33
My girlfriend's aunt is coming from Cuba for a visit, I'll ask her about it.	Mika	May 2012	#44
Is she a doctor who has done their stint, as it were?	joshcryer	May 2012	#48
Friend of the regime? Or, she has enough family left behind to ensure her return?	MADem	May 2012	#50
It is the US's visa requirement of guarantees that she'll return, not Cuba's.	Mika	May 2012	#53
Just not true.	MADem	May 2012	#54
So, your response is to just make shit up.	Mika	May 2012	#55
Like you did, you mean--about the "more freedom?"	MADem	May 2012	#56
Ahh, yes. A Richard Mellon Scaife RW "think tank" as a source	Mika	May 2012	#57
What's laughable is your insistence that Cubans have any measurable freedom as	MADem	May 2012	#58
I'm just back from 3 weeks there too.	dipsydoodle	May 2012	#60
Indeed.	Mika	May 2012	#61
Funny you should mention the Renault	dipsydoodle	May 2012	#62
No she isn't.	Mika	May 2012	#52

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