Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Castro? Jesus Christ, CASTRO, Bernie? [View all]riverbendviewgal
(4,251 posts)I took the toronto Transit bus to work in the 90s. I lived next door to the end of the line of the bus route. Going home I would sit across from the drivers and have conversations with them. One day we were talking about vacations. This driver said he always went to Cuba, for decades. He went before the revolution and continued after it.
He told me the Cuban people are vastly better after Castro came to power. Women were not selling their bodies and kids were not begging. People had food and doctors and shoes. His words.
The American embargo caused shortages of those things we in western nations. But the the important things like shelter, Health and food the Cuban people had that they didn't have before Castro..
I now go on vacations to Cuba. I love it. I am Canadian. Cubans love Canadians. We share many beliefs like health care for all and diversity.
True they have peeling paint on their houses but Everywhere I went in Cuba it was very clean. Peoplevseemed to ge very HAPPY.
I saw real poverty in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and other states in my travels. People in Florida told me they had no health care.
Who is the better nation?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided