Fidel's legacy includes ruthless oppression, but less widely appreciated is that he was also an economic incompetent. In January 1959, Cuba had the third highest per-capita GDP in Latin America. Today the island is a malnourished backwater where staples like milk, sugar and eggs are rationed, severe shortages exist in the medical system and electricity is a luxury. Formerly a dependent of the Soviet Union, Cuba now begs at the feet of Venezuela, which gives it as much as $2 billion in aid annually. The nation nonetheless struggles to get by, and young Cubans routinely take their chances with the security police and shark-infested waters rather than face life under the Castro brothers.
Un dato: los tres candidatos que quedan en la carrera para ocupar la Casa Blanca el año que viene se han pronunciado a favor del embargo. So much for change...
A esta altura, ya es lo mismo.
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ReplyDeleteImpresionante, es para colgar, Todos Gronchos sobre Fidel!
Sera peronista, este pibe?
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ramon cassino