Cuba - Any advice?
Oct 24th, 1997, 12:38 PM
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I stayed in Cuba in september this year. I can recommend these places:
Old Havana: Stay in the old, modernised
Hotel Inglaterra and see the old city from
there. It is well worth the time to stay in Havana
for some days. In Cuba the food is average.
but the sanitarian conditions are very good.
Be cautious in the streets: Begging and
theft is widespread. Don,t use your credit
card in restaurants etc - only in official
banks and respectable hotels's receptions.
Hotel Inglaterra (the reception) is "safe"
Santa Clara south east of Havana (about
150 kilometers). This is the town where
Che Guavara led the guerilla in the last
battle in 1959. His skeleton is these days
placed in a maousileum in Santa Clara. There
is an excellent motel about 5 kms outside
Santa Clara with a pool, disco etc.
In Cuba it is recommendable to hire a car
the colletive system has collapsed.
I also recommend you to visit Trinidad,
the Bay of Pigs. Trinidad is an old colonial town which has been beatifully restored.
You shold also visit Hemingways village east
of Havana (I dont remember the name)
Cuba is beatiful. Let us hope that the political, social and economic development will be favourable for the friendly Cuban people. They are very well educated and many of them understand english. The health system is also excellent - relatively;(Cuba is still a developing country).
Have a nice trip to Cuba!
Old Havana: Stay in the old, modernised
Hotel Inglaterra and see the old city from
there. It is well worth the time to stay in Havana
for some days. In Cuba the food is average.
but the sanitarian conditions are very good.
Be cautious in the streets: Begging and
theft is widespread. Don,t use your credit
card in restaurants etc - only in official
banks and respectable hotels's receptions.
Hotel Inglaterra (the reception) is "safe"
Santa Clara south east of Havana (about
150 kilometers). This is the town where
Che Guavara led the guerilla in the last
battle in 1959. His skeleton is these days
placed in a maousileum in Santa Clara. There
is an excellent motel about 5 kms outside
Santa Clara with a pool, disco etc.
In Cuba it is recommendable to hire a car
the colletive system has collapsed.
I also recommend you to visit Trinidad,
the Bay of Pigs. Trinidad is an old colonial town which has been beatifully restored.
You shold also visit Hemingways village east
of Havana (I dont remember the name)
Cuba is beatiful. Let us hope that the political, social and economic development will be favourable for the friendly Cuban people. They are very well educated and many of them understand english. The health system is also excellent - relatively;(Cuba is still a developing country).
Have a nice trip to Cuba!
Oct 26th, 1997, 02:15 PM
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Dear Michelle,
We are students at Florida International University. A number of us have been to Cuba or are from Cuba. Visit http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/ to learn more about the island.
We are students at Florida International University. A number of us have been to Cuba or are from Cuba. Visit http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/ to learn more about the island.
Oct 27th, 1997, 10:27 PM
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Make sure Nil's friend Robert doesn't find out about your posting. He'll be all over it like a New Republic editor on speed.
If I weren't an American citizen, I would just love to visit Cuba (doesn't sound that much different from life in certain parts of my town, San Francisco).
For you US cats who want to get around our STOOPID anti-Cuban laws, go to www.globalexchange.com, and click on their travel page. They do special trips to Cuba all the time.
Hope this helps. Sorry I got a little political there.
If I weren't an American citizen, I would just love to visit Cuba (doesn't sound that much different from life in certain parts of my town, San Francisco).
For you US cats who want to get around our STOOPID anti-Cuban laws, go to www.globalexchange.com, and click on their travel page. They do special trips to Cuba all the time.
Hope this helps. Sorry I got a little political there.
Oct 28th, 1997, 03:23 PM
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"To visit the oppressor's house is to sanction oppression... As long as a nation has not won its rights, any of its
children who feast in the house of those who subjugate its people is an enemy of the people." Jose Marti -- This is the full quote
by Marti on those who party in the house of a tyrant. Learn more at http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/
children who feast in the house of those who subjugate its people is an enemy of the people." Jose Marti -- This is the full quote
by Marti on those who party in the house of a tyrant. Learn more at http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/
Oct 28th, 1997, 04:43 PM
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John,outside every school in Cuba is a bust of Jose Marti.Do you condem the Cuban people,in general.for the actions of an oppressive goverment? I CAN HELP SOME OF THE PEOPLE in Cuba(Marea del Portillo)but I can't help anyone if I turn my back on Cuba.
Oct 28th, 1997, 04:51 PM
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Brother Tom,
I do not blame the hundreds of thousands who have been imprisoned or executed for their struggle against a tyrannical system. I do not blame the millions more who fled rather than stayed to fight. I do not blame the millions who live with a mask of geniality to save one's children from not getting any education. (As you may know one's advancement in the Cuban system is determined by one's political fidelity - its found on their report cards as political integration.) Obviously, they have no choice publicly but to be your smiling servants when you visit the island. The alternative is no education for their children, the loss of a job, or the cessation of healthcare. ---- Cordially
I do not blame the hundreds of thousands who have been imprisoned or executed for their struggle against a tyrannical system. I do not blame the millions more who fled rather than stayed to fight. I do not blame the millions who live with a mask of geniality to save one's children from not getting any education. (As you may know one's advancement in the Cuban system is determined by one's political fidelity - its found on their report cards as political integration.) Obviously, they have no choice publicly but to be your smiling servants when you visit the island. The alternative is no education for their children, the loss of a job, or the cessation of healthcare. ---- Cordially
Oct 28th, 1997, 05:29 PM
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John,the only way that the Cuban people will ever be free is when the world turns against tyranny.Not by sitting back(in Miami?)and casting aspersions at a population and a country.AS long as I can help one of my Cuban friends I will continue to visit Cuba.ALSO,John,Iwould urge you to read the works of Robert Burns(scottish bard)and try to see life as he did (Ido).tOM.
Oct 28th, 1997, 07:58 PM
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Brother Tom,
I fully agree with you the world must turn against tyranny and injustice, but let us begin in small steps. If you like I can give you the address of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights in Havana, and next time you visit Cuba you can provide them with - paper, pens, maybe a type writer. You see the Cuban government continues to seize these basic necessities which they use to gather reports on human rights abuses for the UN when they're not in prison.
As for me. I haven't done much, and I'm ashamed. I've had friends murdered by the government of Mr. Castro - so I know the pain and loss first hand. Living in Miami I get to see the old farmers and peasants that fought in the Escambray throughout the 60's. I speak with people who were part of towns moved from one side of Cuba to the other as part of the Captive People's Program. Entire towns moved and monitored for their support of these peasants who fought against both Castro's troops and a Soviet Brigade (About 40,000 in Cuba at the time of the 62 Missile Crisis in 1962.)
I know of the estimated 16,000 - 100,000 Cubans who have died on the high seas trying to leave a country which bars "illegal exit." (Check out The Cuban Balseros: Voyage of Uncertainty By H. Ackerman PhD and J. Clark PhD -1995.
I believe that to stand up to injustice (even from Miami) needs to be done. Furthermore, when the time is right we will travel to Cuba to join with our brothers and sisters in the struggle against tyranny and hatred.
The war against hate is perhaps the last essential, definitive and legitimate war.
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Jose Marti ------------------- If you wish to help us Cubans then help if you're going to party, then head to the Bahamas or Cancun.
Warm Regards,
John Suarez
Visit http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/
I fully agree with you the world must turn against tyranny and injustice, but let us begin in small steps. If you like I can give you the address of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights in Havana, and next time you visit Cuba you can provide them with - paper, pens, maybe a type writer. You see the Cuban government continues to seize these basic necessities which they use to gather reports on human rights abuses for the UN when they're not in prison.
As for me. I haven't done much, and I'm ashamed. I've had friends murdered by the government of Mr. Castro - so I know the pain and loss first hand. Living in Miami I get to see the old farmers and peasants that fought in the Escambray throughout the 60's. I speak with people who were part of towns moved from one side of Cuba to the other as part of the Captive People's Program. Entire towns moved and monitored for their support of these peasants who fought against both Castro's troops and a Soviet Brigade (About 40,000 in Cuba at the time of the 62 Missile Crisis in 1962.)
I know of the estimated 16,000 - 100,000 Cubans who have died on the high seas trying to leave a country which bars "illegal exit." (Check out The Cuban Balseros: Voyage of Uncertainty By H. Ackerman PhD and J. Clark PhD -1995.
I believe that to stand up to injustice (even from Miami) needs to be done. Furthermore, when the time is right we will travel to Cuba to join with our brothers and sisters in the struggle against tyranny and hatred.
The war against hate is perhaps the last essential, definitive and legitimate war.
--------------------
Jose Marti ------------------- If you wish to help us Cubans then help if you're going to party, then head to the Bahamas or Cancun.
Warm Regards,
John Suarez
Visit http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/
