THe Independent frontpage: Adios, Castro

[Greeby]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/adios-castro-fidel-is-a-relic-of-a-vanished-age-and-fossilised-revolution-784396.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Interesting link at the bottom of that page

edit : pushed the botton by mistake ..........doh.

Forward dear reader...........

The US burger chains will be scouting out the best locations

When President Bush said: "The United States will help the people of Cuba realise the blessings of liberty," he presumably meant McDonald's, Starbucks and other multinational trappings. But Fidel Castro's announcement that he is stepping down will mean more than the right of Cubans to put real Coca-Cola in their Cuba libres. It is also likely to confer freedom upon Americans. Within a year, they are likely to enjoy the right to travel to Cuba, beyond the confines of Guantanamo Bay.

If Washington relaxes the economic boycott that means US citizens are banned from vacationing in Cuba, it will have profound effects on the island – and the rest of the Caribbean.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-us-burger-chains-will-be-scouting-out-the-best-locations-784399.html

Sad to say - makes me wonder if Cuba would be better off if the embargo stayed in place

[malaise]

3. Great minds think alike?

:D

[dipsydoodle]

4. It's because

we look under the surface ! :hi:

[malaise]

2. A cold take on the tourism side of things

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-us-burger-chains-will-be-scouting-out-the-best-locations-784399.html