So Close, So Similar, So Different!
This is the Saratoga Hotel in Havana. For six days this week it served as the home-base for the Royal Family of Morocco and their entourage. The Royals included King Mohammed VI, Princess Lalla Salma, Crown Prince Maulay Hassan and Princess Lalla Khadiza. They praised Cuba's "well-known warmth."
After their six-day vacation in Cuba, this Saudi Arabian airplane flew Morocco's Royal Family to nearby Miami, Florida. It is not known why they used a Saudi Arabian plane instead of a Moroccan plane.
Waiting to greet the Royal Family of Morocco at the huge and ultra-modern Miami International Airport was its Director Emilio Gonzalez. The Moroccan royals instantaneously were reminded that there is a vast disparity in wealth between Havana in Cuba and Little Havana in Miami. Havana is not overrun with billionaires, millionaires and ultra-modern state-of-the-art skyscrappers. The Miami area has 41 billionaires at last count plus thousands of multi-millionaires...and, OH YES, MANY OF THEM have two things in common with the first officials the Moroccans met in Miami, such as Emilio Gonzalez, who is Cuban-born AND, of course, a former key U. S. government official courtesy of the George W. Bush presidency. Mr. Gonzalez served the Bush dynasty as a powerful National Security and Foreign Policy adviser...which you probably already guessed before reading it here. So, except for the ostentatious wealth and the vast Bush dynasty influence in Miami, the Moroccan Royal Family will not notice many differences between Havana and Little Havana. After all, both famous cities are ruled by Cubans.
And by the way......
This beautiful photo of four gorgeous little Cuban girls is courtesy of child-loving Rosy Amaro Perez, one of my friends.
This Rosy-produced photo shows two of the little Cuban girls finding comfort in each others' hugs as they prettily feign fear after being told a real scary story about a lobo, a wolf.
Rosy, her own daughter, and her husband.
A wonderful, child-loving Cuban family.
Rosy's family-loving photo.
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