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truebluegreen

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4. It always comes back to moneyed interests, doesn't it?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 11:22 AM

Dec 2014

And a government in service to them. Gives some perspective as to just how long this country has been off the tracks; in fact, it makes me wonder when or if it was ever on.

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US Hostility Toward the Island was Never Really About the Cold War: America’s Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP

Not enough about race jen1980 Dec 2014 #1

Wot? truebluegreen Dec 2014 #2

Yup. One of our Banana Republics got away from Big Business AND the Mafia Demeter Dec 2014 #3

It always comes back to moneyed interests, doesn't it? truebluegreen Dec 2014 #4

The Mafia Dons had a lot to say about this. PeoViejo Dec 2014 #5

He surely did! The U.S. Navy used Cuba as a regular R and R spot during that time. Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #7

When a Cuba discussion comes up, we never hear about the brutal abuses that led to it. Mika Dec 2014 #9

+1000!!! silverweb Dec 2014 #11

One day that story is GOING to be told in this country, just as it has been in Chile, Argentina, Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #12

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #6

This book most clearly looks like a genuine "must read." Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #8

I always thought this was completely obvious. silverweb Dec 2014 #10