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Cuba is a socialist country, and while they have plenty of problems, you don't see the kind of situation we're seeing in Venezuela. I don't think socialism is a
by namlem 9y ago
Cuba is a socialist country, and while they have plenty of problems, you don't see the kind of situation we're seeing in Venezuela. I don't think socialism is a good system, but we should at least try to honestly understand the reasons for what is happening in Venezuela, rather than blindly chalking it up to some loosely understood specter of "socialism".
- trendia 9y agoCuba has had terrible shortages and starvation, including one especially bad situation in the 90's. > I would leave my house at 8:30 in the morning with a pathetic excuse for a breakfast in my stomach: a bread roll and a glass of sugared water (milk was a luxury at the time, and all food was expensive). The dollar, which was illegal at the time, came to be valued at 120 Cuban pesos. Anyone caught carrying that currency risked a long time behind bars. http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=102373 http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=102373