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Just 90 miles from Key West, Florida there is a country which required strict exit visas until just 3 years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/15/
by tuna-piano 10y ago
Just 90 miles from Key West, Florida there is a country which required strict exit visas until just 3 years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/15/cuba-relaxes-travel-restrictions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/15/cuba-relaxes-t...
- ZoF 10y ago"Just 90 miles from Key West there is a country" - Why not just explicitly state the country....? We know it's Cuba and these restrictions existed for obvious reasons.
- back_beyond 10y agoIt emphasizes Cuba's geographical proximity to the Western World.
- aniro 10y agoThe name of the country is not nearly as important as its proximity to the US. It is very effective writing.
- ZoF 10y agoI think they're intimately related in this context and disagree that it's proximity is important beyond it's identification, which, as stated above, is obvious.
- pg_is_a_butt 10y agowhat obvious reasons? big cigar was keeping them in their place?
- radicaldreamer 10y agoFor dramatic effect, which is good, since language is a construct for human expression.
- jahnu 10y agoHow could I forget! I even visited Cuba about 15 years ago. No expert on either place but from what little I do know I'd rather live in Cuba. Uzbekistan truly is a police state.