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From our Bureau of Socialist Tolerance and Open-Mindedness with some assistance from our Ministry of Ideological Purity Bureau Something odd is happening in the eastern Cuban city of Holguín, where Castro, Inc. has begun a propaganda campaign against a privately-owned restaurant that will feature American food, but hasn't yet opened. Everyone knows that "private" businesses
Everywhere in the world where socialism and communism has been attempted, the results are always a complete and utter failure. And Cuba is no exception. The communist model always leads to scarcity and misery, and the only way communism can survive is through corruption, oppression, and tyranny, as seen just 90 miles south of the
Frank Calzón, Director Emeritus of the Center for a Free Cuba, has written a very insightful essay on Castro, Inc.'s weaponization of migration. From 14yMedio via Translating Cuba: The only hope is to get out. This phrase, on the lips of many of those who wait under the tropical sun for the water pipe that
The communist Castro dictatorship wants to turn Cuba into a cashless society with all transactions running electronically through state-owned banks, giving the regime ultimate and total control over the economy. Economist Elias Amor Bravo explains in Cubaeconomia (translation by Translating Cuba): ‘Bankification’ is Economic Repression in Cuba Who benefits from the ’bankification’ of the Cuban
In an effort to control inflation, off-the-books business, and tax evasion amid a current economic crisis, this week the Cuban Central Bank banned state and private businesses from using ATMs, and has also placed a legal limit on the size of cash transactions.