FLASH: Cuba Is STILL A Sovereign Nation!!!!

 

     In this second weekend of December in 2022 U. S. giant Delta Airlines is the latest major American airline joining others in Asia, Europe, and Latin America that are increasing flights to Cuba. That is interesting considering that, every day since January of 1959, Cuban headlines have predicted that Revolutionary Cuba "will be overthrown ANY DAY now!!!"

    And...uh...speaking of headlines, above are the top Cuban Headlines circling around the world this second weekend in December of 2022. The New York Times headline concerns the thousands of Cubans flocking to the U. S. because of the ever-increasing U. S. economic sanctions blocking the daily lives of everyday Cubans. The Miami Herald headline even discusses the vast "Cuban privilege" that Cubans in Miami have been afforded since the Cuban Revolution overthrew the U.S./Mafia-backed Batista dictatorship in January of 1959. The Nation headline above talks about the startling rise of "LEFT WING" governments throughout Latin America that are more-and-more supportive of Cuba. And the headline in the lower-right above concerns "Delta Airlines resuming flights to Cuba."

    Above are the two daily flights that Delta Airlines will fly from Miami to Havana starting on April 10th, 2023. That is important because many other major international airlines are also resuming flights to nine Cuban airports, not just Havana's.

    Back in the 1950s the U. S. and the Mafia wildly promoted tourism to Cuba when the Batista dictatorship's lures included wild gambling casinos, rampant prostitution, massive drug use, Hollywood superstars, and the huge cooperation & participation from top U. S. corporations. But while the Batistianos, the Mafiosi, and the U. S. companies raked in tons of money while the tourists luxuriated in the unchecked fun, Batista was not persuaded to toss a few crumbs to the non-Batistiano Cubans...and even provide them some healthcare and education, which he could have easily afforded.

     To Batista's surprise, the sheer poverty and brutality against the masses of Cuban children and women in the brutal Batista dictatorship spawned a revolution from 1952 till 1959 that changed things, shocking the world. Also, Revolutionary Cuba's longevity...1959 till December-2022...has also shocked the world.

     Since January of 1959 till December of 2022 Cuba's northern neighbor, the superpower United States, has powerfully "welcomed" Cubans and everyone else to Little Havana in Miami but powerfully "unwelcomed" anyone or any money to Cuba.

     Since January of 1959 the nearby United States, the strongest nation in the world, has tried mightily to destroy Revolutionary Cuba. Those unchecked attempts have included the arrogant big stick diplomacy that has succeeded elsewhere...such as the Madison doctrine, the Bush doctrine, the Bolton Doctrine, the Trump Doctrine, the Biden Doctrine, etc.

    Cuba is, arguably, the most beautiful country in the world. On Cuba's northern border, right below Florida, the Caribbean's largest island has beaches that Florida would lover to have, such as Cayo Santa Maria...which was recently voted by international tourists as the Second Best Beach in the World. Close to Cayo Santa Maria is Veradero Beach, which has been voted the Best Beach in the World. In Cuba's prime tourist attractions such as its incomparable beaches as well as its historic and intriguing cities such as Havana, Santiago, and Trinidad {my favorite}, the U. S. embargo/blockade for the past 6+ decades has cruelly tried to block tourism because, if allowed to thrive, it might out-shine the billions of dollars that zoom into Florida yearly. In a freer and more democratic society, for example, Americans that might want to see what Cayo Santa Maria is like should be allowed to see it...even if it is just to compare it with those luxurious beaches in nearby Florida.

    Pro & Con zealots can debate the debits and plusses of Batista's Cuba and Revolutionary Cuba till the end of this 21st Century. But Cuba geographically remains right below Florida and it remains the largest and most intriguing Caribbean nation...and, arguably, it also remains the most beautiful island in the world.

     Should Cubans in Cuba be allowed to live, or should people in a much larger and richer foreign nation be the ones to decide that question? Actually, just making the statement above -- "Let Cuba Live!" -- should not even need to be said in December of 2022, I believe.

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