> And I don't see Mexicans (who have good relations, or Dominicans or Venezuelans for that matter) getting on boats and hoping for a better life in Cuba. Well,

> And I don't see Mexicans (who have good relations, or Dominicans or Venezuelans for that matter) getting on boats and hoping for a better life in Cuba. Well, people DO leave their countries to Cuba. You just don't see that (and probably also don't believe it). Of course, they don't need boats to do that, because that's really risky... OTOH, Mexicans, Dominicans and Venezuelans (and people from many, many other countries) DO risk their lives trying to enter the US, even if that means that, if they manage to escape all sorts of risks, they will be illegal aliens there (as opposed to the Cubans who touch US soil: they are, in practice, given a new life, for free.)