Braulio
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Tue Dec-15-09 09:48 PM
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Cuba is very poor, but the "Alba Block" isn't exactly swimming in cash. Venezuela and Ecuador have the worst bond ratings in Latin America, Bolivia is dirt poor, and the others are almost as poor as Cuba. Alba is a figment of the imagination, it's economically weak, and getting weaker by the day.
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| -For the weiners who bloviate about Cuba's emigrants: |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-04-09 09:15 AM |
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But Cuba is so poor |
Braulio |
Dec-10-09 06:55 PM |
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Islands just don't support large populations. |
bemildred |
Dec-10-09 07:48 PM |
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the UK has a substantial population, and Japan?? |
Bacchus39 |
Dec-10-09 08:10 PM |
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What are you a moron? |
bemildred |
Dec-10-09 08:22 PM |
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umm....you said this "Islands just don't support large populations" |
Bacchus39 |
Dec-10-09 09:08 PM |
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Move to Madagascar and then tell me all about it. nt |
bemildred |
Dec-11-09 07:27 AM |
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Cuba ... |
bemildred |
Dec-10-09 08:44 PM |
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well, they were a colony in essence of the Soviet Union until |
Bacchus39 |
Dec-10-09 09:16 PM |
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I am asking why are Castro and his government still there? |
bemildred |
Dec-11-09 07:33 AM |
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Castro has a very efficient repressive machine |
Braulio |
Dec-15-09 04:57 PM |
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Right, and the Castro brothers are still there. |
bemildred |
Dec-15-09 05:46 PM |
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Interesting to see your ignorant bigotry come to the fore. |
Mika |
Dec-16-09 07:45 AM |
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Ah, but Cuba is 600 miles long, isn't it? |
Braulio |
Dec-11-09 05:39 AM |
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I was thinking more of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Song of the Dodo", but yeah. |
bemildred |
Dec-11-09 07:39 AM |
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PS: I really was not talking about Cuba, though I know the OP was. |
bemildred |
Dec-11-09 07:49 AM |
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I agree |
Braulio |
Dec-11-09 06:16 PM |
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Whether one is a failure or not is largely a matter of the metric one chooses. |
bemildred |
Dec-12-09 08:48 PM |
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Who are they? |
Braulio |
Dec-15-09 09:17 AM |
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"They" are Cuba and Venezuela. |
bemildred |
Dec-15-09 09:33 AM |
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Sadly there are defenders here who support US intervention in Cuba. |
Mika |
Dec-15-09 01:36 PM |
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No US intervention. the ALBA block should be able to provide |
Bacchus39 |
Dec-15-09 01:51 PM |
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The Alba block? |
Braulio |
Dec-15-09 09:48 PM |
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well then, it seems Cuba may have to look for another country to subsidize its "revolution" n/t |
Bacchus39 |
Dec-16-09 07:47 AM |
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Hi Mika. |
bemildred |
Dec-15-09 02:16 PM |
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Hi bemildred. |
Mika |
Dec-16-09 07:42 AM |
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I don't think Cubans can decide much, can they? |
Braulio |
Dec-15-09 09:46 PM |
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WRT Cuba and Venezuela, you assume your conclusion. |
bemildred |
Dec-16-09 09:17 AM |
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California revenues lag, underscore budget woes |
bemildred |
Dec-16-09 06:38 PM |
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Have been hearing about California's horrendous problems going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-17-09 02:34 PM |
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