cubaninsider: A New Cuba but Old Enmity

24.4.17

A New Cuba but Old Enmity

3 Nations Still Mad at Cuba!

Last week the King of Morocco visited Cuba. While he was on the island, his country at the UN in New York reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba for the first time since 1980 when a former king broke off relations with Cuba, some say to curry favor with the United States. The Moroccan king's visit to Cuba in April of 2017 reminds me that there are now three nations in the entire world without official relations with Cuba, and those three nations are: Israel, South Korea and Somalia. It appears in 2017 that those three nations also might be displaying enmity towards Cuba to curry favor with the U. S., although America's pre-Trump president, Barack Obama, bravely restored U. S. relations with Cuba for the first time since 1961.

And So...braver, independent thinking in 3 nations may be in order.

While in Cuba, the King of Morocco rented out all 5 floors and all 96 rooms of Havana's Saratoga Hotel. The King quickly told Cuban officials that he "most wanted" to visit a special place -- Santa Maria Cay, which is one of thousands of picturesque cays or small islands off the coasts of the main Cuban island.

This is the Santa Maria Cay that the Moroccan king made sure to visit last week. It is located just off the north-central coast of the main Cuban island and is 185 miles south-east of Havana. Indeed, the Santa Maria Cay is a prime tourist attraction and, as such, has 15 nice hotels...for kings or regular tourists.

The truly magnificent Royalton Cayo Santa Maria Hotel.

This is the northern coastline of Cuba's Santa Maria Cay. In 2017 the three nations in the world that continue to not recognize Cuba -- Israel, South Korea and Somalia -- may want to rethink their animosity toward the sovereign Caribbean nation even if they feel the need to curry favor with the United States.