Cuba's Little Country/Big Country Woes

 

   Today -- on October 19th-2023 -- and every day since 1962 Cuba has tried mightily to attract tourists to the island but the drastic U. S. economic Embargo/Blockade for over six decades has mostly blocked that effort because the U. S. effort to starve the Cuban economy is much stronger than anything little Cuba is able to muster.

    This street in Havana today reflects the fact that Cuba projects this street as a lure for tourists, the kind of tourism that the U. S. prevents Cuba from having.

     But this street in Havana also today reflects decaying buildings that Cuba is not able to maintain properly, and some of them still have homes where Cubans live. Sometimes, as happened again a week ago, collapsing buildings can be deadly.

         Above today are the Top Cuban Headlines flashing around the U. S. and the world on October 19th-2023. As usual, the Miami Herald article dominates Cuban headlines from the U. S. as written by anti-Cuban zealot Nora Gamez Torres. The dominance of Cuban news in the U. S., led by such Miami/Little Havana sources, remain a reason that the cruel Embargo/Blockade of Cuba has existed for over six decades -- and counting. As long as the Embargo/Blockade pleases or enriches rich and politically powerful Cubans in Miami/Little Havana, it might exist for another six decades.

This world-wide image doesn't deter the Embargo supporters.

    Just a few miles south of Key West & Miami, Cuba's northern coast has the world's best beaches, such as Varadero. But, of course, the U. S. doesn't want Cuban beaches to compete with Florida's tourist-obsessed attractions.

     But, of course, back in the 1950s {above} when the Batistianos, the Mafia, and major U. S. companies were making tons of money off tourist lures in Cuba such as gambling, drugs, prostituion, and world-famed beaches, the United States media and the United States wildly promoted tourism to dictator Batista's Cuba!!

    And, meanwhile, the five images/photos above are never mentioned by the U. S. media that promotes the U. S. Embargo of Cuba. As noted above, two of the world's most famed Hotel & Resort operations -- Iberostar and Melia, both headquartered in Spain -- have over forty gorgeous 4-star & 5-star Hotels in Cuba. But, of course, to make sure the Embargo continues to starve Cuba's economy, Americans are not allowed to stay in such hotels...and the Embargo also tries to dissuade citizens from other nations to also avoid spending any money in Cuba. For example, if a cruise ship docks in Cuba it can't then go and dock in a U. S. port.

       And, of course, for over six decades Americans have been programmed to believe that this seminal international image doesn't reflect badly on the United States and that -- HEY!! -- the wonderful Embargo starves only the mean leaders of Cuba, not Cuban children and their mothers, of course.

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