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Originally posted by BiG-_BoSS Well what Castro has done in the past five years has been greater and will always be greater than the American President George W Bush.

And what exactly has Castro done that was so great?

And if it so great, why are people constantly fleeing Cuba only to be picked up by the American coast guard?

I'd love to see Cuba's attrition rate...it must be horrendous...

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Fuckin exactly!
Castro has been so great that millions of Americans have been fleeing to Cuba with man-made wooden boats, right?

You guys just can't stand the fact that Castro has a long cigarette in his mouth every day.

Never mind...found it...

Geeee....negative immigration rate....who'd a thunk it?

http://www.nationmaster.com/country...imm-immigration

Variable  					Amount/description  	Rank

Net migration rate 					-1.58 		[179th of 225]

Refugees 						1,100 		[85th of 110]

Refugees (per capita) 			0.0969419 per 1,000 people 	[89th of 110]

Refugees > Outflow 					20,000 		[28th of 79]

Refugees > Outflow (per capita) 		1.76258 per 1,000 people 	[23rd of 76]

Refugees > US applications (per capita) 	0.5657 per 1,000 people	 	[5th of 63]

Refugees > US applications denied (per capita) 	0.266855 per 1,000 people 	[4th of 40]

Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 		857 		[5th of 39]

Refugees > US applications otherwise closed (per capita) 	0.0755266 per 1,000 people 	[4th of 38]

US visa lottery winners 			674 US visa lottery winners 	[36th of 179]

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"...End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path...one that we all must take.
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

Last edited by Fir3start3r on Aug-01-2006 at 23:01

I saw an interesting documentary on Cuba recently: the life expectancy is much higher than the US, everyone gets great medical treatment not just the rich, in fact Cuba has more Doctors per capita than any other country in the world, their Pharmacutical industry is expanding having made some very innovative drugs which many third world countries buy off them rather than the cuthroat American pharmacutical countries and quite a few other areas where it beats the US

i'm not saying Castro is a good leader or anything, but you've got to admire the small Carribean country. I'd much rather live in Cuba than the US

porque mucho mas bonitas senioritas y playas

Last edited by tathi on Aug-01-2006 at 23:10

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Originally posted by tathi I saw an interesting documentary on Cuba recently: the life expectancy is much higher than the US, everyone gets great medical treatment not just the rich, in fact Cuba has more Doctors per capita than any other country in the world, their Pharmacutical industry is expanding having made some very innovative drugs which many third world countries buy off them rather than the cuthroat American pharmacutical countries and quite a few other areas where it beats the US i'm not saying Castro is a good leader or anything, but you've got to admire the small Carribean country. I'd much rather live their than the US porque mucho mas bonitas senioritas y playas

Yes, where the doctors make about as much as the street cleaners; go Communism!

Cuba is pretty much screwed if Castro's really dead, he was everything they had and what kept them together.
Any country who leans on a leader that much almost inevitably goes through great tourmoil during the transition.

There is speculation that Raúl might not take the presidency in Castro's shadow due to his own age.

Either way, let's hope Cuba sees the light once Castro's death grip loosens...

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"...End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path...one that we all must take.
The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Yes, where the doctors make about as much as the street cleaners; go Communism!

Yeah that's true However they were trained as doctors for free, and people from all around the world study in Cuba to become Doctors, whereas in the US and most other countries its usually only the rich who can afford the education, and the people seem alot happier than in consumeristic countries

I'm not advocating Communism or anything and would prefer a revolution that woudl see an end to the embago, i'm just saying that Cuba is not as bad as people make it out to be.

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"Es una situación estable... de ánimo, me encuentro perfectamente bien", manifestó Castro a través de un mensaje leído por un locutor.

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So he may not be dead yet. Now for a link to a translator...

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Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he was in good spirits after surgery, according to a statement read on state television...

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Same thing, different language.

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"Es una situación estable... de ánimo, me encuentro perfectamente bien", manifestó Castro a través de un mensaje leído por un locutor."

i think it says...

"Its a stable situation....my spirit, i find is perfectly well" Castro declared through a message read by a commentator

"My spirit" sounds too religious. Maybe "Of spirits" or "Of good spirits".

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