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How Tourist Agencies Are Scamming Vacationers to Cuba

Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels.

Fidel Castro called her a “true political prisoner” who was “a victim of the fierce repression against the Black movement.”

As if the countless hours of blackouts weren’t enough, now there’s no way to know when the power will come back on or how long it will last.

While common crimes in today’s Cuba multiply under police inaction, political dissent remains tightly controlled.

For the coming days, these stable conditions are forecast to prevail in the capital. Mostly sunny days are expected, with skies mostly clear.

“When they say they’re going to lower prices, the products disappear,” complains the population. It happens over and over again.

The energy crisis that afflicts the Island comes to the surrounding areas of the Casino Deportivo, where villas with gardens are plentiful.

In the long agony after the collapse of the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe, those still in power in Cuba were forced to shed some weight.

Let’s hope prior to any debate, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans & Salvadorans can agree that we’re all suffering under dictatorships.

On September 28, 1960, the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) were founded, and they have just marked another anniversary.