“NO Viet Cong ever called me nigger.”
Mohammed Ali’s controversial words succinctly expressed his conscientious objection to the Vietnam War. More importantly, though, his words underscored a critical point– the free-thinking individual does not necessarily share the same enemies as his government.
To this day, I cannot recall a single Cuban who has volleyed harsh word or deed against me… so despite the US government’s nonsensical, ongoing diplomatic war against its island neighbor, I decided to go see the country for myself to see how bad a centrally planned economy can be.
Yes, until His Eminence decides to lift the travel ban, going to Cuba is breaking the rules in most cases for American citizens… of course, so is riding a bicycle without a helmet and walking your dog on the beach.
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“Absolute theft of the Treasury.” — Denver Post
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“I’m set for life,” says 66-year-old Frank Mezzello who used this secret to pay just $150 for more than $400,000 worth of “government gold.”
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Getting there can be cumbersome. Some people fly to the Bahamas from the US, then pay cash for a puddle jumper to Havana on the Cuban airline. Given my impression of how poorly things are run on the island, however, the better option would be to take a Latin American carrier like Mexicana or Taca. Read More…
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