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Originally Posted by Susan1717
I think that our Cuban neighbors should be helped and allowed legal entry.
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I don't disagree. Before I was born (I was born in 1953), my family lived in Havana. WE are not Cuban. My dad was working with a cadre of engineers from Proctor & Gamble building a soap factory. They lived there for 6 months or so.
Of course, P&G lost that enterprise with Castro's revolution, but my dad always had something interesting to say about Cuba, and always had a strong affection for Cuba and the people of Cuba.
Before Dad died, through his connections with Cornell University, he was able to make two return trips to Havana. These were both taken over 60 years after he'd lived there. Needless to say the country has not thrived under Castro, but the USA has had a big hand in that, making policies designed to thwart economic progress in that country. There are a lot of political reasons why that is, and most of them I disagree with.
Again, good luck in your pursuit of a better understanding.
You posting this has rekindled an interest in the subject for me, and reminded me that I wanted to some more reading on it. I also ordered this book.