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Lydia Leftcoast

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5. When I was in Cuba last year, our guide told us that when a devastating hurricane struck in 1963

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 03:57 PM

Aug 2012

destroying a lot of the existing housing in parts of the country, workers in other industries were given paid leaves to work on construction projects, and as a reward, they received a new apartment.

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US pledge to rebuild Haiti not being met; compare with Cuba [View all] HiPointDem Aug 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #1

Does Haiti have oil? tclambert Aug 2012 #2

maybe... HiPointDem Aug 2012 #3

If you want to rebuild a country, it definitely helps to have a competent, stable hughee99 Aug 2012 #4

When I was in Cuba last year, our guide told us that when a devastating hurricane struck in 1963 Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #5

interesting. makes me think of katrina, where there were so many people who wanted to go down HiPointDem Aug 2012 #6

and often turned back by armed Blackwater guys SoCalDem Aug 2012 #7