At Least This Is Some Progress
Filed under: Latinolicious > Politik
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.]
Viva Fidel!! You gay ass muncher!
are you serious is that what they teach you in the states, obviously you can't go there and believe us propaganda.
what bullshit they all get food allowances for the day so there isnt anyone starving.
depending on your job grade the Money isnt $20 where on earth did you get that figure??
get your ass to Mexico then across it'll change your mind
viva la cuba!
Wow, you are amazingly stupid.
Leave this kind of news to CNN or something a little bit less idiotic than you.
Keep on posting gossip about celebrities, or something that doesn't require a little bit of basic knowledge on anything.
Re: karmah biootch – LOL I didn't know that perez's dick pictures were floating around the net, thanks! (soooo small LOL)
I HATE SPICS. HOW ABOUT NOT GIVING THEM FOOD OR CELL PHONES. ALL THEY WILL DO IS USE THEM TO HOOK UP AND GET KNOCKED UP LIKE JESSICA ALBA, SALMA HAYEK AND NICOLE RITCHIE. HISPANICS ARE NATURALLY PROMISCUOUS AND FILTHY. THE ONLY WAY TO PRESERVE AMERICAN SOCIETY IS TO CLOSE THE BORDER AND KEEP THE SPICS OUT, ESPECIALLY THE FAT GAY ONES. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE BIGGEST ASHOLE OF A DICTATOR IN CHARGE DOWN THERE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SPICS IN LINE. NO FREEDOM OR DEMOCRACY FOR CUBA OR MEXICO.
Re: Roger – I think Roger, if Cuba is such a wonderful place why dont you move there. Im sure your ideas will change as you live there for only 2 days.
Re: concerned – are you stupid?? did you read all of the comments from actual cubans on this board?? did you read any that said how fabulous they thought cuba was??
Re: (SOME OF) (YOU ARE ACTING LIKE YOUR STEREOTYPE) – did you actually read the posts idiot? what the fuck are you talking about?? what american on this board said "cuba has it good". all that shit has come from the stupid canadian's & european's that have "travelled" there.
Re: ARYAN – lmao.. ummm, nicole richie is not hispanic.
Let me make this clear nimorodusdelectous. The entire Cuban economy was caused by the American obsession with communism as a CONCEPT. Get it? It wasn't Castro, it wasn't the people, it was the CONCEPT of COMMUNISM. Communism is not economically viable, and even Kennedy knew this, but the political obsession with the CONCEPT OF COMMUNISM fed a MACHINE of NONSENSICAL hate kept alive by a self-feeding PROPAGANDA MACHINE, that allowed almost anything to be sold to the American psyche. And, talk about a successful sell. Get it?
Americans are both arrogant and ignorant. Cubans have free health care, free education and by that a much more security than most Americans.
America is a cold, heartless society that treat their weak and poor worse than any kind of communist regime in the world.
Wake up America: The government is there for you, you are not there to make the government richer.
- So greatful to live in the worlds best country: Norway.
Perez -
I love and adore you, but shame on you for making a call on the way people do things in Cuba. Since Americans aren't allowed to visit Cuba, and are fed a bunch of lies from their government about Cuba - Americans do not really stand in a position where they can comment on Cuba without ignorance. It's not your fault, it's the fault of your government and the lies they feed you through the media.
Here in Canada, we have good relations with Cuba and I have been there myself several times. Yes, Cuban people do not have very much and most of them, if not all, are quite poor. However, they live very equal lives. No one is homeless, and they have one of the lowest crime rates in the world. After having spoken to locals who live there myself, some are happy with the communist regime and some are not. A change needed to be made in the country in the 50s when Batista was ruling, hence Che and Fidel promoting and spreading the revolution to create a system in Cuba that is still in place today. In order to protect that system, cell phone use, they feel, needs to be restricted… (cont)
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I just think that the media in America/the government makes it seem like democracy is the ONLY way to do things, and any country that isn't democratic - it's assumed that the people are unhappy and want to live like Americans do. This is simply not the case. Having been to Cuba myself (and not just in the tourist hotels, etc), I know this.
It's a beautiful country, by the way… it's a shame that American people aren't permitted to go. However, we all know that when America invades a country, all hell breaks loose…. and I quite like Cuba the way it is!
Thanks, Perez!
xox
Lianne
Hey Pee-rez, why don't you get a really really BIG innertube and get your fat ass back to cuba? and take gloria estefan with you.
Re: bathog – look around your town has already burnt down to quote a friend you have already been disgraced, why don,t youknow it! middle class ,,no such thing just poor and rich welcome to america
May I ask the team to stay away from International Relations and concentrate on gossip? Altough I have been happy with the Ellen vs. homophobes and international aid campaign advertising. In think these are important ideas that need to be spread. However, IR is such a complicated "science", eg. with this case; Cuban Communism offers a better social care system than in US, people are happy, therefore right or wrong? Comparisons with Singapore & Lee Kuan Yew's reign could be made. Also should be noted that democracy is not a perfect system at all. History and political development of these countries should be considered. So unless you have someone in your staff with a degree in IR (AND some international vision), posts like these tend to become extremely biased, which is especially clear to us in Europe, where we often wonder the common American exremely nationalist, almost brainwashed blind mentality, that affects so many. Less or more.
where are the comments now saying how great cuba is. it is has free health care, education. that is worse than how much i pay out form my health insurance
i feel bad for cubans
considering the average weekly pay in Cuba is equalivant to $9/hour, I doubt we'll hear much from them via cellphone or otherwise. Perez, you need to do some research,
Re: MomZac –
My type-O. That would be $ 19 a WEEK…..not 9/hr
Re: Kelly – Cuba's population is as large as one of our smaller states. Each state has free healthcare if you need it. But in OUR country you get it through working or buying it yourself. So grow up and pay your bills and then say you want free heakthcare. Stupid girl….
my Type-O in previous comment:
Average pay for Cubans equivalent to $19/WEEK……not what I originally typed at $9/hr.
I'll finish my morning coffee prior to replying in the future.
This is completely untrue! I was just in Cuba this past January and everyone has cellphones through the Cuban network. I'm a Canadian so we actually do have contact with Cubans. P.S. They love when Americans visit, they know the risk you're taking and they love you for it.
This sounds like your typical American propaganda regarding the supposed restrictions in Cuba. Cubans can say want they want, use a cellphone, and drink like fish if they so please. You ain't seen a party til' you've welcomed the New Year and the 50th year anniversary of the revolution in Havana!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION!
I was in Cuba 2 weeks ago for the 6th time.
I know Cuban families and on this trip, I stayed in private residences of friends I'd made on previous trips. I took art supplies and over the counter meds and childrens clothing with me. (I had 2 giant suitcases to take down and when I came home, I had one small carry on)
The Cubans have food, medical health care, education, laughter, love but what they don't have is a lot of "things". It's hard to get a cell phone, dvd player or computer right now but Raul has been changing things since the day he came to power. Because of the embargo, Cuba doesn't have a lot of everyday necessities like over the counter medicine. One of my hosts wept when she saw the boxes of children's tylenol and feminine hygene products I'd brought. I suspect she'd rather have access to that than a cell phone!!
Cubans have hope that things will change. I've never met anyone in Cuba who is afraid to tell you what they think of the government. They love having long philisophical conversations about politics. The ones you meet at any Cuban resort are probably more educated than anyone on the island. My first maid was a chemical engineer. Cuba's #1 export at the moment is highly skilled doctors.. at any given moment there are over 25,000 of them working in 3rd world countries.
Perez… try visiting the country before you post about it any further.
How narrow minded is this article!?!?!
Is it better to have a nation with no mobile phones and $20 a month salaries but where EVERYONE has good, free health care and education or is it better to be the richest country in the world where there is an obscene amount of waste and yet still have poor education standards, children going hungry and the sick only treated if they have sufficient wealth?
I'm proud to be British and I love the social welfare system we have, I find it really hard to understand how an American can criticise Cuba for the way the state looks after its people. If America is bothered about poverty in Cuba perhaps you shouldn't prevent them from trading!?!?
i laughed at first thinking it was a joke…then i realised it was true.
Re: wow – Wow and everyone else who would like the government to take care of your sorry, welfare-enabling asses, get in a boat and start rowing. Take some sardines, crackers and a couple jugs of water and you'll make it.
This is not "news". This is BS, Perez. I love this site but this is just off the wall. Americans are fed such nonsense about Cuba, Cuba people and the government, it's shocking. Even more shocking how people swallow this crap without question and are so ready to demonize the nation and it's leaders. Get real.
pretty sad tho isnt it? cubans can afford health care and americans cant. thank 8 years of retardican government for all of the problems we have. oboma or clinton will be a big improvement. lets give them a massive landslide, one so big that the republicans have a tough time even continuing as a political entity.
Only a Nation of cowards would accept Castro for so long.
r u getting this right? there is two kind of Pesos used in Cuba… as many of those (Brits & Canadians do)….
many of them earn CUBAN CONVERTIBLE PESOS (CUC), not CUP… 408 CUC = 440 US$.
I know there is a big pay gap b/w what North American is earning… but come'on it is NOT $20..
GET YOUR SHIT RIGHT! ……
there are more poor people in the US than in Cuba. 20$ but its relative to what costs in the country. 20$ in the us is not much, but in cuba its avergage and its enough, the people dont have to pay for the food, because the state susidizes it. the rent they pay is always 20% of the familys income, free education, free helth care. WHat do you think about that? instead of just thinking in a way that you were brought up to think, probably by capitalist dissidents in miami, you should maybe just once read something about cuba…or go there. which u cant.
******PEREZ I THOUGHT U WERE CUBAN WHERE DID U GET THE INFO ABOUT PEOPLE IN CUBA WERE STARVING CUS ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE POOVERTY THEY GOT THE BEST HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND THEY DONT STARVE THEMSELVES, THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES THAT TOO ALTHOUGHT WITH RESTRICTIONS BUT THEY ARE NTO STARVING.
THIS IS COMING FROM A KOREAN-CHILEAN PERSON WITH FRIENDS FROM CUBA SO I THOUGHGT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOUTO GET UR FACTS RIGHT.
Re: Melissa – where do you live? i bet it aint cuba. and we are all positive that not a single person in cuba has ever been hungry. what is the criminal justice system there like? your juvenyle perspectives have become tiresome. think before you write.
If you've been following the news, aside from cell phones, Cubans are just now being allowed access to microwave ovens in their own homes!!! This from a country which used to be an economical powerhouse 40 years ago. Thanks Perez, for bringing this to the attention of more people.
perez, you are a hypocrite. what about american poverty? what about the milllions of people livings on the streets every day in the u.s. that don't have health care? cuba has THE BEST health care in the system, and the population is content with the former administration. free health care, free education don't sound so bad do they?
Re: Gar – Excuse me tweenie, there is free education in the US, it's called the public school system. And, national health care is great if you're not sick. Just ask the Canadians.
Re: bathog –
I am 35 years old and have visited Cuba as a journalist. It is not a perfect society, but neither is the US. It is just different, and in my book it is OK to be different.
I just suggest you read the article . . .then argue with the U.N. (the United Nations). I didn't write the article, I just posted it.
My reply to Perez was about his comment on "Why don't you feed your people . . .?" It had nothing to do with the justice system.
In Africa and other parts of the world, people are being raped and murdered at alarming rates, not to mention starving literally. Do you think those people care if Cubans get cell phones? Find a real cause.
Perez, you fat fucking Gringo. Cuba is better off without you and all those poseurs in Miami. Real Cubans (and here I mean the Cubans who are actually brown - not the whitey mctightass affluent immigres who could afford to leave) want nothing to do with you.
Your inept and moronic "foreign policy" analysis of Cuba (since you've NEVER lived there, asshole), is like Seth Green trying to comment on the state of Israel's affairs - he jewish, but he never lived there and has no fucking clue whatsoever what life is like there.
so now that you're making money; are you doing something with it for your country and people in Cuba?
Perez, I am glad that you are calling attention to the plight of Cuba. I agree with many of your assessments about the situation there and how limited freedoms are in this country. I am always alarmed when people actually support this kind of government!
Wow. What a repulsively American spin you've all put on this. Closed minded, nationalistic, and ignorant. God bless America.
Thank you Roger it shows that at least one person take the time to research on a topic before they make a comment. Most of you sound illiterate- bet you wouldn't if u were Cuban!!! the fact is $20 is a lot when the state takes care of you. I think you all need to research and find what Cuba really needs to be bashed for. I won't tell you do it as your home work. And please don't let me see anymore stupid comments on the page- i am very disappointed
hey perez, at least you were right about fidel castro being dead!! "ohh I'm perez, I have reliable sources, 'm a big fat fucking idiot." Stick to gossip you're not a fucking journalist!!! YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO JOURNALISM!
it's really not smart to compare it to US dollars and the way americans look at 20 dollars, because as any educated individual is well aware- they are from drastically different economies. Try not to overgeneralize this fact. In reality, in terms of basic needs and hunger, Cubans are doing great. It's comparisons like these that really ruin the view of Cuba to Americans and will never result in anything positive for foreign affairs.
I think it is because most greasers can't count past twenty. Blow the island up..and Miami too while you're at it.
Free Health Care is not a substitute to real, true human spriit freedom.
Re: Roger –
Let's not talk about being ignorant!
You're right…
Cuba has a great education system… but kids can only attend school till about the second grade before they're forced to drop out and work in farms for the government. My father for example, went to school till the sixth grade… and later to jail for refusing to work picking sugar cane and tobacco.
Yes, they have a "world class health system"… they have GREAT surgeons and doctors.. but no medical equipment!!!! My uncle had a very bad accident recently, and in order for him to get the help he needed, we had to send syringes, gauzes, bandages and medication amongst other things. As a matter of fact, they didn't even have a hospital bed to put him on. He was lying on a piece of plywood during his stay.
And no, they are not starving to death… THANKS TO THEIR FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE U.S., who pretty much work HERE to support our families THERE!
No one can live off of $20 a month… they most certainly can not live off of it when a supply of milk for a month costs 4 times your monthly income!!!!
So before you state your opinion I suggest you get your facts/information straight.
As far as the cell phone use goes… that's not a step closer to freedom at all. It's just more money in those communists pockets! (Or more like… more of their family in the U.S.'s money in their pockets.)
Re: Kim –
It sure would help!!! It would help feed all the communists while the people on the island who actually live there have to sell their @$$ on a street corner in order to feed themselves! You people are so misinformed… so ignorant! I have family in Cuba. My parents are Cuban. If you'd like to expand your knowledge e-mail me @ Sexytati24@aim.com so I can tell you what Cuba REALLY is like.
You People are clueless!
Re: Chavista –
I live in Federal Way, Washington….we have the BEST Tap!!
No Shit.
The best Tap I have ever had. Check us out.
Re: Mina –
You cannot be the BEST if you live and work in a Communist Country.
Re: simcity –
Mr. Perez Hilton is polite and gracious to everyone I have ever seen him interact with.
Re: Wickdgrl –
No. I am not either hating or not hating. George Bush has nothing to do with it. Right is Rght.
Well, if you let 'em have cellphones, PLEASE dont' let them have cars! It'll be like trying to drive in the good old US of A - some asshole invariably has the phone in one hand, a coffee in the other, and they're weaving all over the road being a hazard to everyone else out there who's trying to drive safely! Even a $100 primary offense in NJ doesn't deter those motherfuckers!
Re: minnie –
I could not agree more!
Re: Harry –
It is time to Free Cuba.
Re: Canuckgirl –
Cuba is a Communist Country. Until the people are free to elect their own leaders they will be in a bad situation. It is time to help free the peoples of Cuba. Until they are free you will not be free.
When you quote from a news source like the AP or Reuters why don't you use quotes, or at least cite them at the bottom of your blog, fatass? Were you the first one to get the news from Castro?
Re: Hey Perez – FIDEL is DEAD! PearAss ate him for his birthday dinner.
Re: Mina –
The American People are Free to choose. Are the Cuban People FREE to speak and choose thier future? I think NOT. Freedom is the way the truth and the life. Choose Freedom.
To all the comments that say Canadians are just like Americans,your joking right.Your so full of yourselfs.I wouldn,t want to live in the United States if my life depended on it.Face it America your just jealous of us,because were happy and safe and we have far better beer
Re: Karen Zebra – I'm pretty sure that's not what I said. I never said that Cuba was "the best". I am merely pointing out that Cuba provides for its citizens much better than most third world countries. Clearly they are never going to be as powerful as the United States because we started our expansionist imperialism quite early and still have a lingering and powerful influence on Latin America. Communism, when done correctly, is really a beautiful thing. Cuba obviously isn't the best example, there really isn't one..but I'd rather have my government providing me with cradle to grave benefits than buying into a materialistic culture that is fed by capitalistic greed and excessive buying.
Re: JEN –
Right on, Right On!!
Re: Chavista – The US isn't a third world country. It's actually first world and the water is perfectly fine. You sound extremely ignorant; you shoud have stopped your sentence after Mexico.
We have to fight for democracy & human rights in all countries of the world.
gopetition.com/petitions/beijing-olympics-boycott.html
Spoken like someone who has never been to Cuba! (I am Canadian and vacation there.) In fact, the government DOES feed the citizens…they dole out rations to each family every month. The Cuban people I met were the most content and happiest people I've ever encountered.
Re: Mina –
Why would you want your government to provide for you cradle to the grave? Please do not give up your Freedom to those who do not have your best interet at heart. You are better than that. You deserve the best. No government can give you better than what you work for on your own.
Re: Chance –
you do realize you were cheated??? a dollar is worth like 100 pesos. get it together people!!
Re: its unfortunate –
THE TRUTH SOMETIMES HURTS!!
Cuba can rise up and fix this themselves or they can continue to be suckers. Up 2 them.
People that have visited the resorts of Cuba have NO idea of what Cuba is really about. Did you notice on the beach that unless a Cuban works at the resort they are not even allowed on the beach or at the resort? The wealthiest Cuban are the ones that receive tips. Doctors make less than thirty dollars a month. The people have ration books for essentials but guess what the government stores rarely have the essential. The medical and dental system on paper looks great but it is not reality. I am an authority on Cuba as I travel ther on medical mission trips, sneak drugs and life saving equipment in there. Walk the streets and you will find, sure everyone has a job but no equipment to do their work. They will approach you to sell stolen cigars and whatever they have stolen to tourists. Need surgery, the building is ther but no supplies. Now tell me how great an education can you have when you have no ability to ever practice. The dentists had nothing not even local anesthetic but they show for work and sit all day. Michael Moore did a huge disservice to this country, Cuba in what he presented. What a shame for all.
Re: Lilie –
What good does it do to have the "Best heathcare and education" if you are not free to use it to your own benefit without being Free to make your own decisions?
Re: briitgirl –
Fox News is not all bad.
Re: justagirl –
Most of the Canadians I know complain about the insane taxes. Cubans ACT content. They live in fear. Besides as a tourist you'll never be exposed to the REAL Cuba.
I can't believe you bother to vacation in the beaches that my people can't go swim in. Do you actually sleep knowing that all your Canadian $'s went to support a government that unjustly places people in jail simply because they want a right to free speech? As a Canadian that gets to enjoy that you should be very ashamed of yourself. Every dollar that you spend does not go to the people it goes to the government. It goes to an old and cruel man who owes more money than God to basically all the developed nations of the world. This man, Fidel, has murdered thousands upon thousands of innocent Cubans so that he may sit and bask in one of his many mansions. Meanwhile the true Cubans, because his father is a Spaniard, live in rotting apartments and houses that they can't move out of because it was assigned to them. Next time you "vacation" really take a look at the people. Trust me honey if people were not that desperate to leave that inferno they would not risk their lives and their children's lives in shark infested waters.
Re: SO many ignorant fools…. –
Right on, Right on!!
Re: simcity –
Who are you to make such a harsh comment? How perfect if your life?
Re: a fan from europe –
There is no one truly happy in a Communist Country. Only a free person can be truly happy. Communisims does not allow for true happiness or true freedom. You cannot have one without the other.
Re: Yuck Yuck –
Apart from hockey and I guess beer, WHAT has Canada EVER achieved?
America is a wonderful country who gave me my freedom back. You're a discontent asshole with tons of taxes to pay. Sure you have health care but I heard the lines are ridiculous and at times have to wait months to get an appointment. Surely you forgot that detail when you began to type.
PS If Canada is so independent and what not, how come you have so many problems controlling the Montreal French? Get rid of the Queen of England that's on your coins. Or do you still belong to the old lady??
Re: ive been there –
Right on, Right on!
Re: Karen Zebra –
I APPLAUD YOU!!!
just wanted to let you know im not to sure how much you actually know about cuba considering you cant really go there.. but its really not that bad there they dont live in poverty at all they have a different lifestyle and stuff is a lot cheaper there so to compare and say on $20 a month is ridic cuz its not the same $20 you and us (canadians) are used to.. all of their stuff is paid for by the government and they all get a government allowance that pays for their groceries but considering we live in an industrial world people cant seem to wrap their heads around the concept that we only should need $20 a month to live and they are far better off cuz they have a government that is actually FOR THE PEOPLE unlike the american and canadian governments that both claim they are!
Re: Russell Taylor –
"Free Healthcare" does not make you free or happy.
Re: kas –
So? Are the Cuban "People" truly free to choose?
Why doesn't the US help set that country free? Cubans deserve freedom too!
Re: ive been there –
THANK YOU!!
Freedom is hard to get, but we have to defend it, in all the world. This is not the only one example of absurd restrictions. Pobreza simpre habra, pero restricciones de este tipo es ridiculo.
WOW … so much ignorance. Fidel's idea of CUBA was that everyone would be paid equally…so a doctor and a phone operator are paid the same. They live in same types of houses, so there is nobody who is higher than the other in terms of earnings. This society would work, but I think everyone has to believe in it and raoul needs to stop making it a capitalist society like the rest of the world.
Perez, you are so ignorant where it comes to sociology and politics, take a degree before teaching poor americans about cuba who visit this site.
Re: SP –
Right On, Right On!!
Freedom is God given; Not man made.
Perez - have you ever even been to Cuba, or do you just to spout anti-Castro rhetoric ignorantly like almost everybody else does? In Cuba, the literacy rate is higher than in the U.S.; and the infant mortality rate is lower. Go figure.
RE:TIM TIM TIM
you are disgusting no wonder there is war in this world with the shit that just came out of your mouth… Canada is not a joke in this world we are a peaceful nation trying to keep the peace around parts of the world, im sorry that i dont want my children growing up in a world of war and hate.. you are truly a piece of shit to say that I am french canadian and completely offended you dont know me you dont know anything about my people, your probably so dumb your probably that american that thinks in canada we live in igloos… you and your stupidity is why this world is the place it is and how its going to the shits.. i hope i never cross paths with you you dumb fuck!! i dont always agree with american ways but i have nothing against the people from there because as people we cannot control where we are born and from!! TIM you are a fucking idiot!
Re: CUBA ROCKS –
Sew your flag on your dumb backpack. It must be nice to rest in the shade of a tree that someone else planted, eh? Canada can talk shit about the U.S. but yet you consume all of our packaged and durable consumer goods, live off of our medical discoveries, watch all of our TV shows all while being protected since your origination by Americans. Sure you have some people in Afghanistan, what about all the other wars that the U.S. has covered your ass in? Im not pro-war at all- I hate it. But its easy for Canadians to smack talk when they don't have to pay the defense.
See- Im generalizing about your hockey playing, english mis-pronouncing, bad food, no culture, snow filled ice mass you live on since you so eloquently described an entire melting pot nation of people as "pushy loud mouth know it all Americans' Right back at you, eh canuck?
Re: Heidi –
Another ignorant Canadian making generalizations about two whole countries.
Canadians like you spend way too much tiime obsessing about americans and we could really care less about your entire country.
Wow!!!
Such a shame the only research you do to post something is when your write about anorexic celebrity cokewhores!!!
Have you ever been to Cuba???
Do you know if they really have nothing to eat???
Well, they do!!! They're just not as fat as your hypocrite ass!!!
Do better next time.
You will see life is not about having phony people going to your b-day party just so you don't write any shit about their D-listers life.
P.S.: About the cellphone situation: Its not the way you're reporting, but I wont give you any info.
Get your dog, place him beside your computer desk, so you wont feel that lonely (’cause I think thats your major problem!), and , again, do some research!!!
HEY PEREZ
ONE THING
CUBA DOESN'T HAVE A MOBILE COMPANY, SO THEY HAVE TO IMPORTE THE CELLPHONE, AND IT'S EXPENSIVE
SO THEY RATHER USE THE MONEY IN… I DON'T KNOW… HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE!!!!!!!
NOW THEY MIGHT SPEND MORE MONEY ON IMPORTATION THAN ON THEIR HEALTH CARE SISTEM.
JUST BECAUSE THEY MAKE ONLY 20$ A MONTH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
MOST OF THE THING IN THAT COUNTRY ARE CHEAP
THEIR HELATHCARE IS FREE
THEY ARE HEALTHY, IF THEY HAVE CANCER, THEY FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THEIR COUNTRY GIVES THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
Re: J-B Canada – And we could not care less!
Re: jake –
Equality does equal Freedom or Happiness.
The last trip, a few months ago we were invited to a pig roast in a Friend of Castro's neighborhood. We were a bit nervous about our safety but we went. We arrived and had brought them all the presents and supplies like bungy cords, shampoos, soaps, ibuprophen, diapers, clothes and gifts that they can not get. Even a dollar eye glass repair kit is so valueable. They split us up in two's to go and visit different family homes that were very sparsely furnished but clean. The loved to show off their pigs in their small backyards. I have the pictures. Two hours in, the usic and gifts given, we realized, no pig was being roasted and the communist men were drunk and getting very vocal. They are the priveledge Cubans, they were proud to speak of the good things they received fro their governemtn and the next second pulled us aside and cried about their misery. Several of them became very negative towards an American docotr originally from P Rico. They said he sold out and left his country. It ended with us making an escape and we were all freaking out about the evening. Fiedels men sold him out aftr they got a bit of liquor in their belly. Very scary but I will soon be back there making deliveries to their clinics. I have a ton of pictures to prove what the real Cuba is all about.
i am soooo tired of reading these post from people who have no clue about cuba & have only "visited" there. listen, fuck free health care, fuck free education.. you couldn't pay me to be STUCK on a small island for the rest of my life, never able to leave, or have basic freedoms that other civilized countries have. cubans CANNOT even leave their damn country freely. you people have no fuckin clue what is going on there. i PERSONALLY know cubans who have risked their lives to leave there. so, you tell me, would you risk your life to leave your "wonderful" canada?.. also, don't speak to which you do not know. if i wanted to go to cuba, i could… AND we have free education, up until college, dumbasses. if someone chooses to further their education, there are grants available… give me a fuckin break!! oh, one more thing, health care is available, FREE to cubans when they come to this country… bet you didn't know that one either.
Por qué mentir diciendo que la gente en Cuba se muerde hambre?
Esta bien que seas hijo de cubanos exiliados pero vamos…
Me molesta que la gente como ustedes, que viven su latinidad en Norteámerica deforman la totalidad de lo que es ser latino.
Latinos los que padecemos las miserias de America Latina y llevamos igualmente la cabeza en alto con orgullo. Latino no es el que se escapa al norte para vivir despatriado, latino es el padece pero con orgullo.
Such a shame Perez…hasta hoy me caías bien…