US detente with Cuba
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US detente with Cuba
Finally a good piece of world news. I've waited many years for this. It looks like the embargo - outdated at least since the collapse of the Soviet Union - may be ended. Canada was instrumental in bringing the two countries together.. The only downside to all this is that the cheap holidays we Canadians (and you Europeans) enjoy in Cuba may be a thing of the past. Prices will go up once economic relations are normalized and American tourists start arriving.
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Us Europeans don't enjoy cheap holidays in Cuba. They screw us on the cost of flights. If they don't get you one way, they'll get you another...Montreal Wanderer wrote:The only downside to all this is that the cheap holidays we Canadians (and you Europeans) enjoy in Cuba may be a thing of the past. Prices will go up once economic relations are normalized and American tourists start arriving.
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someone on the news today was thanking the pope for making it happen...Montreal Wanderer wrote:Finally a good piece of world news. I've waited many years for this. It looks like the embargo - outdated at least since the collapse of the Soviet Union - may be ended. Canada was instrumental in bringing the two countries together.. The only downside to all this is that the cheap holidays we Canadians (and you Europeans) enjoy in Cuba may be a thing of the past. Prices will go up once economic relations are normalized and American tourists start arriving.
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The Vatican was also involved.thebish wrote:someone on the news today was thanking the pope for making it happen...Montreal Wanderer wrote:Finally a good piece of world news. I've waited many years for this. It looks like the embargo - outdated at least since the collapse of the Soviet Union - may be ended. Canada was instrumental in bringing the two countries together.. The only downside to all this is that the cheap holidays we Canadians (and you Europeans) enjoy in Cuba may be a thing of the past. Prices will go up once economic relations are normalized and American tourists start arriving.
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What's in it for Canada?
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Irons and washing powder hopefully.
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Still unlikely that the embargo will be lifted though as the Republicans will block it
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They called Obama out of touch. (I guess when your world view is centered around ideals from 50 years ago he is out of touch)Harry Genshaw wrote:Still unlikely that the embargo will be lifted though as the Republicans will block it
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what about cuban fidel's ideals ?
i dont get why they just dont get new cars and shit from china/russia
they dont even do that, even though theyre fellow commies.
oldsmobiles or Ladas ?
more vegetables or eat my pet pig for my birthday present ?
i dont get why they just dont get new cars and shit from china/russia
they dont even do that, even though theyre fellow commies.
oldsmobiles or Ladas ?
more vegetables or eat my pet pig for my birthday present ?
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They actually had modern Chinese buses and cars when I was there four years ago. They also had American cars from the 1950s and Ladas from the 60s to the 80s.a1 wrote:what aboutcubanfidel's ideals ?
i dont get why they just dont get new cars and shit from china/russia
they dont even do that, even though theyre fellow commies.
oldsmobiles or Ladas ?
more vegetables or eat my pet pig for my birthday present ?
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What I find funniest about that is that the Cubans were dirt poor and outrageously exploited by the Americans before Castro took over (thats why the yanks were so pissed off about it all), yet they've managed to persuade people like our good friend a1 that somehow or other it was a land of milk and honey overflowing with the benevolent milk of human kindness that their paternalistic protectors bestowed upon them until the naughty communists spoiled it all.
I wonder if Obama will go the same way as Kennedy for doing it?
I wonder if Obama will go the same way as Kennedy for doing it?
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Never mind the politics. Are Cuban girls nice/pretty/fit? Enquiring minds need to know!
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Bruce Rioja wrote:Never mind the politics. Are Cuban girls nice/pretty/fit? Enquiring minds need to know!
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I'm not sure which way that photo is trying to give an answer. Is that a yes or a no?
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Looks good to me.
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Some folks'd shag the crack of dawn, if it had hair round it.
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That's why brown paper bags were invented, so that all women can get some.Worthy4England wrote:Some folks'd shag the crack of dawn, if it had hair round it.
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yeah butLord Kangana wrote:What I find funniest about that is that the Cubans were dirt poor and outrageously exploited by the Americans before Castro took over (thats why the yanks were so pissed off about it all), yet they've managed to persuade people like our good friend a1 that somehow or other it was a land of milk and honey overflowing with the benevolent milk of human kindness that their paternalistic protectors bestowed upon them until the naughty communists spoiled it all.
I wonder if Obama will go the same way as Kennedy for doing it?
"more vegetables or eat my pet pig for my birthday present ?"
is a true story, from the 80s, i'm guessing, maybe the 90s.
if obama's gonna die i'd guess one of these types he's bin bending over for will do it rather than some cowboy gun secessionist type.
lee harvey oswald was a
and i'd find out fidel's bank balance for a laugh too.
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Doesn't this hinge on them becoming a more 'democratic' nation (Cuba, I mean...)?
which begs the question, why aren't they demanding the same of Saudi Arabia etc?
which begs the question, why aren't they demanding the same of Saudi Arabia etc?
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