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Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Cuba - Well...Why Not?

Cubans' Anti-Europe Protests

*Couldn't believe my eyes, when I read this.  Anti-Europe march?  Wow, I guess I'm so used to seeing "Anti-American" in a headline that I'd better ::pinch myself hard::

Castro sure is stubborn.  Not sure how far I want to go with this, but had to make a new topic for it.  What the heck.

--Cindy

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Josh Cryer

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Registered: 2001-09-29

Posts: 3,830

Re: Cuba - Well...Why Not?

On a political stint lately, Cindy?

Some may find this hard to believe, but Castro actually has popular support in Cuba. And it's more or less due to the fact that the US won't lift the embargo.

Lifted embargo = weakened Castro (and Cuban government) = stronger democracy in Cuba.

And Cindy, I don't think you can take that headline at face value. Looking at Cuban political history, I think one can surmise that they were making their voice heard, not trying to show vehemence. Cuba needs Euorpe badly, and those in Havana wanted to make the point.

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