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zeemike

(18,998 posts)
11. Before Castro corporations owned 80% of Cuban land
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 07:40 PM
Apr 2014

they want their land back...and that is the freedom they want for Cuba.

I see no problem with the US government working against dictators like the Castro brothers dlwickham Apr 2014 #1
It did damage....If you didn't have time to read The New Yorker article...take snappyturtle Apr 2014 #5
I'm sure the goal is to bring freedom, liberty, and democracy to Cuba. Its what the US does. Mika Apr 2014 #9
Before Castro corporations owned 80% of Cuban land zeemike Apr 2014 #11
And now 90% of Havana's fresh produce comes from local urban farms and gardens RufusTFirefly Apr 2014 #12
Obviously, Cuba has failed the Wall Street transnational food conglomerates. Mika Apr 2014 #17
Talk to some Cuban exiles dlwickham Apr 2014 #15
I talk to Cubans in Cuba. Lots of them. Mika Apr 2014 #16
I'll believe those who were forced from their homes with barely the clothes on their backs dlwickham Apr 2014 #18
That's some seriously dark fantasization about Cuba you have there. Mika Apr 2014 #19
Frankly, I always thought it was a distinction without a difference. n/t RufusTFirefly Apr 2014 #2
I think you're right! nt snappyturtle Apr 2014 #8
The NED was created to do what the CIA no longer could starroute Apr 2014 #3
And NED is chiefly funded by USAID starroute Apr 2014 #4
Thank you starroute....I couldn't remember where I read about NED snappyturtle Apr 2014 #7
Obama, in his Prayer Breakfast speech, praised USAID and spreading Christianity around the globe. blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #6
I didn't know that and now that I do, I am sorry to hear it. nt snappyturtle Apr 2014 #10
Confessions of an Economic Hitman hibbing Apr 2014 #13
Thank you! nt snappyturtle Apr 2014 #14
It's pretty much what I was thinking malokvale77 Apr 2014 #20
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