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dflprincess

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23. Cuba needs to be careful

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:07 PM

Jun 2016

or it will wind up right back where it was in 1958 when corporations and the mob were running it and they had their puppet, Batista, in place as the leader.

Cutting deals with the crooks at Nestle does not make me hopeful for the country's future.

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Caffeine Diplomacy: Nestle to Bring Cuban Coffee to US [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2016 OP

The next taste of US-Cuban diplomacy will be coffee-flavored Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #1

Don't buy Nestl� products CanonRay Jun 2016 #26

Oh good, Nestle! elleng Jun 2016 #2

Thank you! Jazzgirl Jun 2016 #8

I hope they don't corner the market! truthisfreedom Jun 2016 #3

As much as I love coffee and as much as I would love to taste Cuban coffee, I LoisB Jun 2016 #4

I remember how my Grandpa loved Cafe Bustelo when it came from Cuba. Joe Bacon Jun 2016 #20

Why can't some Cubans do it? We have plenty of places that could buy whatever jtuck004 Jun 2016 #5

Right now because they dont have a distribution network setup plus they will have to cstanleytech Jun 2016 #9

Probably price-gouge the shit out of it, too. tabasco Jun 2016 #6

And I won't be buying it. Jazzgirl Jun 2016 #7

I know, Nestle and all. ozone_man Jun 2016 #12

Maybe it's the powdered milk, but... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2016 #10

ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zz zzz ....... . . tabasco Jun 2016 #37

I"m old enough to remember madokie Jun 2016 #11

ASR Group now owns C&H Sugar csziggy Jun 2016 #13

I'm sorry but C&H madokie Jun 2016 #15

They probably changed the definition for "C" during the cold war csziggy Jun 2016 #16

Best I remember it changed madokie Jun 2016 #17

I found this one, small reference so far... Beartracks Jun 2016 #21

Here's a vintage 1934 C&H sack on ebay... Beartracks Jun 2016 #22

Perhaps you were thinking of Central Hershey? Beartracks Jun 2016 #24

I remember the commercial, but not the fact C & H meant Cuba and Hawaii. Thanks for that! n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #14

Woo-hoo Nestle'! chapdrum Jun 2016 #18

Just wondering how lordsummerisle Jun 2016 #19

Cuba needs to be careful dflprincess Jun 2016 #23

The dealing cutting will be done by the Government, right? brooklynite Jun 2016 #25

As compared to the gangster rule of Batista that the CIA and the US Government supported? Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #30

Right, the one that provided Universal Healthcare for all Cubans and anyone in Cuba. harun Jun 2016 #33

And education nt dflprincess Jun 2016 #39

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #27

I don't understand the thrill. uppityperson Jun 2016 #28

Fuck Nestle. As evil a company as Wal-mart Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #29

I want Cuban coffee, just not from Nestle. I find myself in the odd position of boycotting a Cuban.. marble falls Jun 2016 #31

Let the pillaging of Cuba by corporations begin! alarimer Jun 2016 #32

It has to start with something IronLionZion Jun 2016 #34

A company like Nestle can buy in such quantities ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #35

this could even make conservatives pro-Castro: "He's a commie, but DAMN his coffee is great!" yurbud Jun 2016 #36

Why People in Havana Are so Crazy for Their Coffee Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #38