Fingerpaint, may I ask how you got into cuba??? I didnt think they let americans in unless it was for military reasons.

so via mexico????

u see zap
that is my point even if the other individual post facts with which u do not agree
we need to be open, even if it's a nonsense for u.
i can't say anything cause i've never been in cuba, but every single person has his/her point of view.

Gypsy....Canada.

And yeah...someone with a different view point...someone who had a different family experience in Cuba...is wrong.

You're right...I'm done too...

These threads...are all one way or another...no one accepts that someone might have had a different experience...EVER.

So my mother's family didnt come from the same circumstances...I'm talking about MY experience...not everyone else's.

Get a damn grip.

I'm seriously seriously seriously sick of being brow beaten into backing down because someone thinks that I'm just a brainless moron.

So...yeah. I'm out too.

dam some of the topics u all come up with i understand no i dont understander at all :i will just keep and

I will say this about cuba though.......their wine is the worst Ive ever had in my entire life!!!! Now isnt that a *****!!!!

rum is great though!!!!! hold on I will show you a pic of me and my rum!!!!

<--------- in havana

what's that has to do with the article?

lol sorry, never read your article!!!!

hey i like a good smoke

cool

I agree with you there. Castro won't allow it though. It would be the Cuban version of the Brandenburg Gate. The Cubans want to be free. My mother escaped via an airplane when the revolution began.

This is the man in charge before Castro. I find it very interesting that we (USA) supported his government and were friends.
Read this, and tell what you think then.

Fulgencio Batista was born in Banes in 1901. He held power in Cuba, first as President, later as Dictator, for two separate non-continuous terms.

The preceeding president, Ramón Grau, lasted only a year before Batista forced his resignation in 1934. Batista was then the Army's Chief of Staff, and very powerful in Cuba.

His influence remained very strong over the years. In 1940, he was elected President of Cuba, gaining approximately 60% of the votes.

In 1944, the hand-picked successor to Batista lost the election to Ramón Grau. Batista tolerated this temporary fall from power until 1952.

Batista staged a military coup in 1952, overthrowing Carlos Prío and becoming Dictator of Cuba. After that point, Batista abandoned the Cuban constitution by allowing only staged elections in which his victory would be guaranteed.

His government was on good terms with the United States. Large American corporations grew rich off Cuba's resources, while the people of Cuba remained very poor.

Batista offered neither health care nor education to his country's people. The bulk of the people lived in great poverty while Batista and his friends lived a wealthy lifestyle.

Many people opposed Batista, most importantly Fidel Castro and his organization, M-26-7. They were training in Mexico until 1956, when they returned to Cuba aboard the yacht Granma. Batista's massive police and spy force had been watching Castro closely, and Batista had even granted Castro amnesty to get out of prison a few years before.

The large, well-equipped army of Batista could not put down the popular revolt. Batista fled the country in 1959, stealing millions of dollars. He left behind an army of 40,000 men, Castro had only a few thousand. Batista stayed in Spain until his death in 1973.

hmmmm st. Bastista day.........

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Cuban soldier and dictator, born in Oriente province. A labourer's son, he rose from sergeant-major to colonel in the army coup against President Machado (1931–3) and was later elected president (1940–4), fostering a major programme of social and economic reform. He stepped down in 1944, and travelled abroad, but returned to power following another army revolt in 1952, overthrowing President Prio Socorras. This regime was marked by oppression and corruption, and he was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959. He then found refuge in the Dominican Republic

No Gypsy, my mother has been back three times. The state department warns you and blah blah blah but she was hell bent on seeing her family. She was in constant fear of being arrested and was watched by the minders her entire time there. Yes, Americans are free to visit Cuba. Paint, No, you are very intelligent. Thank you for sharing your views.gracias hermana

Just wanted to add my two cents...all I know is what I learned from my brother, who went to visit Cuba...beautful people..ABSOLUTELY...

BUT...poverty...people work so hard for just about nothing...

It sure could not get any worse...but beautiful country with beautiful people...

Bye for now..

Mary (live in California..gotta have sun glasses)

Interesting zap.....I never met one american while there. Alot of europeans though...interesting as Ive always thought americans were not allowed in cuba.

Its not easy Gypsy. You have to jump through state department hoops. Yes, Glen, Batista was a crook also, but the people were free to make of their lives what they wanted to. They weren't assigned jobs, they were free to choose. Castro was in bed with the Communists and had the population been aware of that, his revolt would have failed. He was as shoched as Jesse Ventura winning the governor's office.