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2007-07-31 Caribbean-Latin America

More Cubans leaving by sea again, many to Mexico

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Posted by Steve White 2007-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 We really need to do something to allow the Cubans to regain control there. Inside two years they could be back into heavy cane production again. Could become an ethanol factory. Big bucks for them. Some rum production on the side. A few fields of tobaccy for the cigars and everything could boom again. Maybe even rejuvenate Havanna as a competitor to Vegas.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-31 01:31|| 2007-07-31 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Much like how North Koreans are ecstatic if they can escape to communist China, it says a lot that Cubans think Mexico is a better place.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-31 02:11|| 2007-07-31 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 So for all the anti-American scumbags out there:
When I see ramshackle, leaky, overloaded boats full of ragged looking, undernourished people setting out from San Diego harbor in a last ditch effort to make it out to the sea lanes in hope of being picked up by a North Korean warship I'll start to believe all your bullshit. Until then, I'll continue to live in the real world.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-31 08:42|| 2007-07-31 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 "After a lull following Fidel Castro's illness last year, Cubans once again are taking to homemade boats..." Somehow this just doesn't add up; if they really wanted to flee Casro's grip, they should have left while he was down and the whole counrty was focused on him. Unless they were all hoping and praying he was going to kick off and Raul get tossed so they could have their country back. Seems a bit bass-ackwards to me.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-07-31 14:54|| 2007-07-31 14:54|| Front Page Top

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