Reply #29: Cuba has its own 'safety plan' for its children that began in 1959 [View All]

[ngant17]

and it's not based on the individual as it is here in the USA. The safety plans for Cuban children are a function of the government.

The fact that the Cuban father is trying to bring the child back to Cuba is in itself evidence of his own intent to insure a safety plan for the child. There is no logical need to provide long-term protection for the girl in Florida when the girl will be cared for in Cuba. Repeat, there is no way or need for the Cuban farmer to devise a safety plan in Florida, this is an essentially-orphaned Cuban girl until she is returned to safety back in Cuba.

Case in point: the average infant mortality rate in Cuba is lower than what we have in the US. The Republic of Cuba allocates considerable resources to insure that Cuban children have adequate nourishment during their early years of development. Free medical care, free 'insurance', free education, free kindergarden and nurseries, such safety plans have not existed in Florida. Why should a Cuban farmer want to go to the expense of supporting a child in another country when these same expenses are already being subsidized in Cuba? It doesn't make economic sense. The trip back to Cuba would be far cheaper in the long run. Think of all the medical expenses alone that the Cuban farmer would save by not subsidizing US corporate health care here, which BTW would be substandard compared to Cuba anyway. The infant mortality record speaks for itself.

Twisted logic, indeed! This case needs to be addressed outside the jurisdiction of the incompetent personnel in Fla. DCF. I'll bet the DCF has never even traveled to Cuba to interview the father in the first place.