At Least This Is Some Progress
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On Friday, President Communist Dictator Raul Castro said that he would begin allowing ordinary Cubans to use cellphones.
This is the first official announcement of the lifting of a major restriction in Cuba.
Cellphone use in Cuba is a luxury usually reserved for only those who are communist or work for the government. Up until now, Cubans have only been able to get cellphones by having foreigners sign the contracts in their names. And those that even had cellphones, were in the very small minority.
Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A., (ETECSA), Cuba's telecommunications monopoly announced they would allow the general public to use the cellphone by agreeing to sign prepaid contracts using Cuban Pesos.
The Cuban government currently controls over 90% of the economy in which the average monthly salary is about 408 Cuban Pesos, a little bit less than $20.
Yes, $20 a month!!!
But, of course, a program in convertible Pesos will probably ensure that most Cubans will not be able to afford the cellphone service.
Baby steps at least. Though it's doubtful Cuba will get out of it's poverty anytime soon. Instead of giving your people cellphones, why don't you try feeding them instead????
[Image via WENN.]
Does life in Cuba look enticing? Vote for Hillary or Obama.
Re: bathog – git back to humpin yer sister vote mccain vote mccain
Well said Perez, well said!
I'm a big fan of you Perez but your WRONG about Cuba.
Cuba is one of my favorite places in the world not just because its tropical but because there are no AMERICANS!
Yes $20 is not a lot of money but when your education, health care, food staples, sometimes transportation (depending on job) and living expenses are paid for by the government its not a bad deal especially for a caribbean country (think about Dominican Republic, Haiti).
The people live simply and they are happy, the majority (After 4 trips to Cuba I've never met one who did not support Castro) of the Cuban's support Castro because they can remember a time before him when people would starve to death, he has made Cuba what it is today, a great tourist destination .
Cuba is a better place without the influence of America as I believe the rest of the world would be, gun violence, drugs, Bush, fast food, trashy american shows all make the world a worse place.
I hope the US does not lift its embargo, it would not be the same, its great to be away from american influence for awhile…
yes please screw the cell phones and let these poor ppl eat some beef! i'm not cuban but i heard it was illeagal to let them eat beef….
Perez sez: "why don't you try feeding them instead????"
Why don't you cut back on your food intake, fatboy?
Re: CUBA ROCKS – Well said!
Re: Tim Tim Tim – Yeah, I'm not too keen on the French Loser Canadians, either. But to call all Canadians American haters shows how simple you are, Tim Tim Tim. The world is a complex place and unless you've been somewhere, you're really not able to properly comment on it.
I have been to Cuba, as well as the US and I can fairly state that trade embargoes do nothing but harm a country that isn't trying to harm you. I do not hate all Americans but I do not understand why they would vote a president in for a 2nd term when he illegally invaded a country - isn't that a bit of dictatorship all in its own???? Screw the UN - I'm gonna do what I want… oh and I'll kill a bunch of my soldiers in the process. I think it's fair to say that about 49% of Americans feel the same way I do and I certainly don't hate them!!
Its obvious that Perez hilton hasn't travelled to Cuba lately . As a frequent visitor of Cuba, i can tell you just about every Cuban has a cell phone. So i found this post pretty funny and as for your last comment….it was pretty insulting especially coming from a Cuban.
hmm. Cell Phones cause Cancer & Cuba is beautiful and amazing.
Westerners are fat and we eat too much. we have 80% of the world's food. while we leave the rest of the world with nothing.
Maybe we should try eating less, before you tell the Cuban Gov't to feed their people. why dont you share some of your food if you really give a shit?
Why doesn't the USA end its embargo on Cuba? You'd be hard-pressed to find someone up here in Canada who doesn't think that that's the main cause behind Cuban poverty. While I completely agree that the Cuban government is wayyyy to restrictive, I also think Castro was/is better than Batista. Compared to other countries in the region, like Haiti, Cubans aren't that bad off.
First things first. The cuban people are not starving! The government gives FREE food, health care and education. Every single person in Cuba receives food stamps and no one goes hungry.
While I was in Cuba not long ago I met up alot of the local people in Varaderos and Habana and they told me that they get feed on a daily basis , have free education and free health care which is more than I can say for the States and Canada.
I was told that most people want better wages, better jobs and to be allowed to travel. The fact that Raul Castro is allowing people to get a cell phone is a huge deal. It cost a great deal of money to call relatives overseas and having a personal cellphone would make it easier to be able to talk to love ones.
As for what an average Cuban Citizen makes….well…that depends on where they work. The lucky ones that work at hotels make alot more than $20 a month, some make up to $150 a month. I know that's nothing BUT they are working on their economy.
Progress is being made, slowly but surely.
Thank you for educating people about the government of Cuba. Many people have no idea what communism means in the practical sense of its application. It's generally not utopia, to make a gross understatement. Maybe you'll do North Korea next?
Mary-o, outside of your shithole hometown, no one–NO ONE–gives a fuck about the cubans…… You are loud and full of yourselves.
Re: Heather – Heather dear, the only reason mary-o is printing this shit is because it is about Cuba. It has nothing to do with human rights! C'mon, he thinks Gloria Estefan is a musician, just 'cuz she's cuban. I rest my case.
WHY HASN'T ANYONE SEEN FIDEL IN AGES?????????? COULD IT BE ………
Re: geez! –
First, the people in Cuba don't get "FREE" food, they get ASSIGNED food. A family of eight gets the same amount of milk and eggs as a family of three.
Second, Varaderos is closed off to the common Cuban. The people you met were workers who have to lie in order to keep their jobs or prostitutes.
BTW thank you for supporting a murderous government!
Get it together. If you're not Cuban you are not allowed to speak about things of which you have NO knowledge!!
Actually, the last time I was in cuba, a cuban peso was worth 1 dollar american… which would make 408 cuban pesos a month like 408 american a month… still not good, but definately better than 20 bucks.
well in this country, big businesses own 90% of the economy…and all they want to do is make money. Have you seen "Sicko?" The same inhaler that costs 5 American cents in Cuba costs $150 in america. Think about it…I'm not for communism, but my dear, capitalism sucks, unless you do the owning!
epale! perezito you're awesome and believe me latinos love you! que viva los Cubanos y que algun dia puedan tener libertad! Saludos desde Houston!
free healthcare, free this, free that…blah, blah blah!!! you bunch of cry babies. i'd rather have to pay for health care and education rather than be denied freedoms and rights like the communists in Cuba deny their country!!! try living on $20 a month and in poverty for a few weeks and then see what you say!
Re: Heidi – you need to get yo head out of your ass sistah! do you really think the Cubans support Castro??? of course not!!! they only say that out of fear and intimidation! try looking past the "touritst" areas and see what the real Cuba is like. better yet, try living there for a while since you enjoy it so much. maybe you'll get sick and end up having to go to one of their disease ridden hospitals and then you'll be begging to come back to civilization!
no ganan mucho dinero, cierto, pero el precio de la ropa y la comida esta adaptado a su pobre economía, resentida por el embargo y el sitio que ejerce la maravillosa nación americana. por otra parte educación y salud son gartuitos; de allí salen parte de los mejores medicos de mundo, que se dedican a viajar, la gran mayoría, por el resto de paises sudamericanos, practicando su oficio gratuitamente.
i got to go to cuba over my spring break and there is in fact hunger. people cant live off of beans and rice alone. yay perez for covering such an important topic. you just gotta love those cubanos
I don't understand you Perez…Weren't the old Cubans the ones who turned Cuba into a festival of poverty, and then, after that…the sanctions? I wonder what te real story is. It seems that the old time Cuban Americans are not honest about te part they played in what Happened. I mean nations don't just become communist because everything is fine, right?
Of course FREEDOM is best, so I can only imagine how bad it must have been, that the people would actually choose communism.
Perez, I usually love your articles but this one is a little biased.
You see, for those of us who have actually been to Cuba and whose opinions aren't shaped by the limited opinion of American news, although Cuba is considered a communist country, its not the third world hole that CNN would have you believe. Cuba is home to one of the best medical care systems in the world, and their social aid programs are lightyears ahead of those in North America. You will not see a homeless person on the street in Cuba because they are actually housed/fed, not pulled off the streets or put in prison like some other countries. Actually, the only reason Cuba and its government get such a bum rap is because the American government was booted out when Castro destroyed the fashist regime that was in control of Cuba, a regime that America helped sustain. So what if they are just getting cell phones? All the other bases are covered, and by the way, that 20 dollars a month is sufficient to house, feed, and clothe a family of four in Cuba.
Do the research.
I went to the University in Cuba and my minimum salary was 299.00 Pesos at month at that time each dollars was 27.00 pesos and I spent 5 years of my life to be able to graduate. To the person that comment that in Cuban NO HAY HAMBRE, GO BACK TO CUBA WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE US?
guess what u fucking americans! WE ALL HATE YOU!
odio a los comunistas
i hate people who stand up for fidel and their communist ways
they dont understand how much cubans are suffering
they're not starving to death but to even THINK for one brief second that they have the same luxuries (when it comes to food) or even remotely close as us is incredible. They aren't starving but don't pretend everything is okay there. Half of them won't even be able to afford cellphones.
Why do y'all take a man who writes shit about celebrities seriously? It's obvious this man knows nothing about politics, communism, or Cuba. This is not a place for real world issues, this a place to talk shit about mediocre actors and entertainers. So stick to what you know Perez, NOTHING. And leave the big boy stuff to the people who know what the hell they're talking about.
all this talk of freedom is the US and you americans have to fly up to good old canada to be able to travel to cuba….hmmm….how ironic
*** ALTHOUGH Cubans average population makes $20 a month they are ENSURED FREE ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE! American automatically look down and pitty Cubans, but their life expectancies out due Americans. Even the poorest cuban outlives a healthy rich ORGANIC EATING AMERICAN!
* * * * * * * * * * HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE!!! * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: concerned – IDIOTA QUE ERES. CLEARLY YOURE CONSERVATIVE AND WASHED OUT!
HEY NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A SERIOUS INJURY AND YOU GET THOUSANDS OF DOLLAR BILL FROM THE ER AND HOSPITAL YOURE GONNA WISH YOU WERE IN CUBA.
IDIOT.
THE US MAKES AMERICAN SUPERFICIAL AND MATERIALISTIC.
THEREFORE, WE LOOK DOWN ON CUBANS BUT LITTLE DO WE KNOW IS THEY OUTLIVE US!!! AND THEYRE HEALTHYER IDIOT!
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could you idiots fucking specify WHO YOU ARE REPLYING TO
with your rants and your put downs
jesus fucking christ.
at least then it will make SOME sense.
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Re: grammar police –
Re: Vera –
ever heard of typo's? I would'nt get so hung up on misplaced apostrophies'
$20 still isn't adequate, but at least the people of cuba are provided with free housing, utilities, health care, and food. If the US were to lift the embargo against cuba, it would help the cuban people immensely. If our government feels it's ok to lift embargos with china, then why not with cuba? It is pure spite that keeps US gov from lifting embargo. The influx of money from tourism alone would go a long way in helping ease poverty in cuba.
Some of my Democrat friends think Cuba is a perfect model for communism and we whould follow it. When has communism not become a dictatorship? I would appreciate one example. This is an honest question. I want to know.
So, I was in Cuba last month (I'm Canadian) and they had cell phone shops in the cities there, so I don't understand why they would have stores if such a small percentage of the population would have them . . . . . besides, I'm more concerned with the fact that the Cuban government doesn't deem toothpaste or aspirin necessary admenities . . .
Re: Mo –
Mo is my hero
free cuba does not mean free healthcare or education
quit whining, you don't know what struggle is
FUCKING UNGRATEFUL AMERICANS
AMERICA IS ABOUT TO BECOME A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. WAKE UP EVERYONE, OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO HELL.
WHAT CAN YOU AFFORD?
NOT MUCH! WE LIVE MONTH TO MONTH.
STOCKS ARE DOWN, HOUSING IS HORRID. WE NEED HELP RIGHT HERE!
OUR GOVERNMENT IS ROBBING US BLIND, WHILE THEY ALL LIVE OFF OF OUR MONEY.
WHAT ELSE CAN THEY TAX & CONTROL?
THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH MONEY FOR ANYTHING, WE'RE STILL REBUILDING THE BIG EASY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS?
NO MONEY FOR BRIDGES, ROADS, SCHOOLS, HOMELESS, FOOD…….
AMERICAN IS BURNING A SLOW DEATH.
WAKE UP.
SAD AND HILARIOUS THAT (SOME OF) THE AMERICANS ON HERE ACTUALLY HAVE THE GALL TO TURN AROUND AND SAY IT'S NO BIG DEAL, CUBANS HAVE ACTUALLY GOT IT GOOD, THEY GOT FREE HEALTH CARE!
(OKAY, BUT I GUESS THEY CAN'T PHONE FOR AN AMBULANCE SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE A FRICKIN PHONE)
YOU PATHETIC, GREEDY, SHALLOW, RIDICULOUS AMERICAN SCUM. SHAME ON YOU. YOU ARE MAKING YOUR COUNTRY LOOK BAD. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW ONE WOULD EXPECT AN AMERICAN TO REACT TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S SUFFERING.
TURNING AROUND AND STILL WHINING ABOUT SOMETHING IN YOUR COUNTRY.
HONESTLY.
Re: THE TRUTH SAYER –
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you state "moronic sheep on here", and you are?
you're post #102, right with all the others.
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get an education.
filthy mexicans
Re: SP – that would have been amazing if you didn't bring racism into it. Now, I (and a lot of others) will just ignore your comments as you are obviously not right in the head.
Castro saved Cuba from this issues that are effecting Haiti and Jamaica…. most people from the West Indies will leave their country in heart beat because they believe their is a money tree in fuckin North America …. personally i would go live in Cuba in a heart… i wouldn't have to deal with fat lazy annoying people all fuckin day in Toronto… big up hugo chavez for not being bush's bitch…..
Re: (SOME OF) (YOU ARE ACTING LIKE YOUR STEREOTYPE) –
JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT THE SAME PERSON AS THE PERSON WHO POSTED ABOVE ME. —>Re: WAKE UP –
WHO JUST HAPPENED TO TYPE IN CAPS AT THE SAME TIME, LOL
Re: grammar police –
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nobody likes you………………………….
Re: Chance – thats the CUC or Cuban convertible Peso, which is almost strictly tourist money, the peso that Perez is talking about is the REAL CUBAN MONEY that the residents of the country have to live off of.
To all that have visited Cuba, and those who are defending their way of living, go live there.
It's that easy.
Re: Mo – Mo is my hero
my grandparents weren't able to see liberty, I hope I will.
You americans are ungrateful
would you rather have spies as neighbors, tapped phone calls, and no free election for 49 years
or pay for your healthcare
Cubans are loud, obnoxious and arrogant. But their dicks are To Die!!
Re: WAKE UP – It's called The New World Order.
Look it up. (not on wikipedia..)
We are going to end up nothing but minions while the rich play, it's pretty much already happeneing
This is ridiculous…progess is being made in the slowest way possible. Cell phones in the 21st century are not privilege, they're practically rights…I hope this helps people here understand how fortunate they are.
typical uneducated american go fuck your self
Re: .. – #157 Just visit Miami for one day. It's called the Third World Order, and it has been making Miami a shit hole for a long time. Mario, get yourself a really, really large inner tube and float back already. And please take Gloria Estefan.
Perezito! The government does feed all his people. Not much but unlike other demcoratic countries in latin america, everyone gets a little bit to eat, no one starvs, everyone gets an education and healthcare. But yes changes must be made
And some idiots in Hollywood, like Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon and Denis Glover still think Communist is good for the people and Castro is a hero. Poor Hollywood, they always in the wrong side of history!
Re: Kelly – you can't just convert it like that.
You need to take other things about the country into account. Standard of living, inflation etc.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about and I can't be bothered explaining it.
Try looking up PPP (purchasing powery parity) or the Big Mac Index or something.
Think of it like in the 70s the cost of a car or house is nothing like what it is now.
(example)
People could get into the cinema for 10 cents etc. That doesn't mean that going to the cinema was dirt cheap. In fact it was even the opposite. 10 cents for a cinema ticket was a 'luxury' for the general population.
In Cuba, 480 IS the *EQUIVALENT* of about $20 in USA.
Cuba has the best health care of any Latin American country, despite the United States of Amerikkka doing everything it can to undermine Castro and the Cuban people. Perez, you aren't old enough to remember how bad things were under Batista. Castro was a huge improvement, and as far as dictators, Castro has never done anything G.W. Bush doesn't have wet dreams about.
The United States is the MAJOR reason for the poverty in Cuba. And don't give me that crap about not wanting to deal with them because of communism. We deal and have dealt with much worse regimes. Think the Sha of Iran. Think Noriega, think Khadafi, think Sadaam Hussein. We don't like Cuba and Venezuela because they won't be bullied by the United States and that is the Only reason we sanction trade on them and use economic warfare against that entire nation. They are poor not because of the leader but because of ours.
hi, I'm from France, almost every year I go to cuba, I bring about 1500$ to spend every time, and with that money I'm king of the hill over there. for about 2$ I can fuck two high class cuban whores at the same time for 2 hours. I take advantage of cubans in so many other ways too, I laugh so hard inside when I'm over there, it's like I'm in some free for all dream. it's as if they don't realize how much a dollar is worth. these people are pathetic.
have you ever been to cuba?
and like having fucking cell phone service is going to set the bar for quality of life. get real.
stick to the FAKE news, perez.
why feed them? They can escape to this country and immediately they get SSN, greencard, medicare, etc.
Now, for the rest of us (immigrants from another countries), we have to wait years until we get our citizenship…and in the meantime being treated like criminals and garbage!!!!
this proves the incredible ignorance of yourself, perez. cubans may not have a ridiculous income like alot of people in the states, but there culture is remarkably sustainable. they have full healthcare (last time i checked, americans do not), and fulfilled lives (most of them, obviously not all). i'd rather be cuban than american anyday. at least they aren't obsessed with comsumerism. open your eyes, is all ask, before you spread your (ill informed) opinions to something alot of nieve people read.
and whoever posted people in india don't starve, think again. there's hunger all over the world, including the united states.
Re: simcity – monkeys? you're an ignorant asshole.
Re: SP – As one of the sane voices here, I have to tell you as I'm reading these posts I am amazed at how ignorant these people are…that getting stuff doled out to you by the government is considered good. Is this what we've become? People here don't appreciate freedom. Did you ever in your lifetime think you here people saying they would trade their God Given freedom for free shitty healthcare and a couple of scraps of food, they don't deserve either…appalling.
Perez, access to cell phones is a lot bigger deal than you realize. Text messaging was widely credited with helping overthrow one of the past governments in the Philippines, and it's been used in other countries as well as a way to rapidly distribute information to large groups without the government noticing. Of the developments in Cuba in recent months, this could very well go down as one of the most significant.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7318774.stm
just thought you should check out this post on the topic from the BBC; while it is a step in the right direction, cell phones are still essentially restricted to the very wealthy - as you have to pay for them in foreign currency (which is hard to get much of for an average cuban)
Re: cincishaman – Shut the fuck up you retarded asshole.
This is such a sad day, because I have been enjoying your site for over a year now, and I will never visit again, due to your anti-Cuban propaganda.
I have visited this beautiful country twice now, and hope to again in the near future. The people are friendly, funny, welcoming and not starving. I have visited both the poorest areas of Havana and the richest resorts and the average person in Cuba is better off than the average American.
WHY?
They have equal access to healthcare, regardless of class, or wealth.
They have free education, including university.
They have some of the freshest, most beauitful organic food in the world.
No, they might not have cell phones, but sweetheart, some things in life are more important.
Hasta la victoria simpre!
Maybe if the US lifted it's various embargos and sanctions on Cuba it would be able to afford to feed it's people.
You peddle the same old anti-castro bullshit on a regular basis Perez, stick to your usual twaddle about what underwear Britney isn't wearing and leave Cuba to it's own growth.
Or better still, use the little influence you have to stop the current US government preventing medicine and food getting to CUba.
There are few things I hate more than Canadians who think they are all better than "Americans." It's the same exact continent and almost the same culture, only you have French on some of your food labels in the stores along with the English. Big whoop.
are you even aware that the health care system in cuba is much better that our own?
This is a joke… you have to be joking. I'd rather be in the lower class in Cuba than in America. At least when something happens like… oh I don't know… get sick, doctors will happily serve me for free. Whereas in America I either would have to not get service or dip into my child's college fund to be cured–which by the way is also free in Cuba.
Cuba is not nearly as bad as the American media makes it and you are just perpetuating this shit to a very impressionable crowd.
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You are an idiot, moneys worth is very different in different countries. 20 dollars in cuba could very well be an easy amount to live on. Considering what the dollar is worth Europeans must laugh at how much we make in comparison.
Re: laurie – educate yourself! you might be surprised to learn that your own country is doing a far better job than we are: see about five posts up!Re: laurie – educate yourself! your own country is doing a far better job than the U.S. is (see three posts up). Don't let someone tell you that just because it's American, it's best.
yeah, maybe if your stupid ass "democratic" country would lift the ridiculous trade embargo on Cuba, then they could feed their people. I've said it before Perez, stick to the shit you know and leave the politics alone.
You fucking Canadians need to get off your high horse. You like visiting Cuba because there's no Americans there? Well fuck you. Canadians are nothing but wannabe Americans. They're like the bootleg version of Americans: similar, yet cheaper and not quite the real thing.
if you knew anything about cuba, you would know that their quality of life has been rather well for the last ten years, there isn't a quarter of the percentage of starving citizens as there is in america - they do not have hunger issues, they have liberty issues
dumbass
Perez, what makes you so sure that Raul Castro is not also dead like his brother Fidel is not?
This is way off base….its an entirely different economic system, stop placing everything in an American frame of reference.
In spite of the regimes shortcomings, Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
The reason why they can't feed their people is because there are genocidal sanctions placed against them. You ignorant fatso.
Umm. I am in Cuba right now. There is a ton of inequality but not nearly as much as there is in the united states. Stop fucking around with Cuba. You don't know shit. I am a Cuban American too. Stop spewing the Gusano views of your family. You call yourself a democrat? At least in Cuba people can afford food, healthcare, and education. They also aren't fighting so fucked war to promote"democracy ". Beacause the free market clearly benefits all americans. Let's go kill some Iraqis.
No country is perfect but Cuba is at least trying to improve, providing for the people and not pertending that everyone is completely free. American's are free as long as they are rich and white, or can pass.
Seriously lay off Cuba until you get schooled on the country objectively, not from our miami relatives
Cuba has healthier food (totally organic agriculture without pesticides or toxic GMOs foisted on the people in the USA), healthier ecosystems, excellent medical schools, free education and no homelessness. I am not advocating dictatorship, but Castro has done a lot better for the Cuban people than the did U.S. -backed dictator Batista. And if we left them alone, they would prosper.
Fidel never died u morons! And I bet I'm the only other cuban besides Perez!
H I L L A R Y is the answer.
cuba has high human rights and healthcare statistics atm. Cubans are well fed, educated and whilst the embargo by america has led to major economic issues, it is still a second world country. The people are well fed and mostly support themselves by tobacco and tourism. Fidel is alive but has passed on power to his brother 'But'
Nothing is free in Cuba. Do some of you actually believe that Cubans sit around all day and do nothing while Fidel pays all their bills? Heck NO!!!! Everybody is forced to work in Cuba.
Remember, the more you rely on the government, the more the government can control you.
Although Cuba's poverty will cause most American's to pause, they are in fact leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of Latin America in many respects. Everyone is fed and has a home to live in (although it may be small), people have access to education and medical services when they are needed. If Cuba lifts the restrictions too quickly American Capital will flow into Cuba so quickly and in the process makeing most Cubans America's new slaves. Wake Up America.
Mother of jabbering God, Perez, who gives a flying fuck? This is supposed to be an ENTERTAINMENT site, not a place for you to gripe about the Communists that booted greedy American capitalist out of Cuba.
OK I don;t love perez but I love the fact you bring in political news to your gossip
thanks for enlightening a generation!!!!!!!!!!!!! you rock!
I give a fuck about Cubans using cellphones or not.
I'm sick of people going on about how great the Cuban healthcare system is. If you're a foreigner, or within the upper echelons of the government, then lucky you. But the average Cuban gets some pretty substandard medical care and often has to subject to unsanitary conditions and lack of access to basic medication and medical supplies, among other things. But hey, at least it's free, right?
TASH you are an idiot. People at the top will always be payed more than people at the bottom–It's part of the incentive of working hard/educaitng yourself, etc. You work hard throughout your life so you can be comfortable and provide for your family. Your life should not be a free ride that is paid by the government (i.e., everyone else–Epecially if you have time/money (internet access) to waste time on perez… you are a waste of space… make something of yourself rather than whining that the government should provide for you, i.e. GET A JOB
Re: thetruthhurts – good site, if you want to see the uncensored picture of the PEEN1S of perez search for this in google images (make sure safesearch is off): p e r e z p e n i s
RE: LIVE THERE THEN LET'S SEE IF YOU STILL THINK IT'S NICE THERE…
that is not what i was saying at all. typical though for someone who has been endoctrinated by American imperialism to hold such negative beliefs. My point is simple (and true isolationist Republicans should agree to this as well): who made the United States the world police? We constantly impinge on the sovereignty of other nations in order to further our own self-interests. Things in the United States aren't perfect either; we keep prisoners locked in Guantanamo Bay, labeling them "enemy combatants" so we can conveniently forgo their right to habeas corpus as outlined in the Geneva Convention. You think the United States is so perfect? Look to the devastation in Nicaragua..and when the U.S. basically stole over half of Mexico from the Mexicans in the 1800's and tell me that the government is so great. Saying that if I don't agree with a lot of the United States' policies I should move to Cuba is immature and going against the very principles the U.S. was founded upon. You are a mindless sheep who is spoonfed everything and told that you should never dissent. If we never dissented, then that would lead to facism, and we don't want that. You know nothing about the situation (or at least I know much more than you do) and your ignorance is worrisome.
perezz you sound like fox news! america should take some tips from cuba, not constantly pump out propaganda about the evils of communism, its crazy. when communism was strong in europe britain comprimised with massive taxes and ultra generous benifit and no ones complaining bout that. my parents pay 40% tax it means some of my friend's familys at my very good free school can have a better life. The reaaallll reason why america is hated by europe is because we see you as being incredibly behind in a liberal, fairer europe.
perezz you sound like fox news! america should take some tips from cuba, not constantly pump out propaganda about the evils of communism, its crazy. when communism was strong in europe britain comprimised with massive taxes and ultra generous benifit and no ones complaining bout that. my parents pay 40% tax it means some of my friend's familys at my very good free school can have a better life. The reaaallll reason why america is hated by europe is because we see you as being incredibly behind in a liberal, fairer europe.
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