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Latin America

silverweb

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10. I always thought this was completely obvious.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 09:27 PM

Dec 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Big Ag is already drooling at the prospect of killing Cuba's unique and sustainable agricultural revolution, and turning the land into more corporate-owned monoculture, just like their other vassal countries.

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US Hostility Toward the Island was Never Really About the Cold War: America�s Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP

Not enough about race jen1980 Dec 2014 #1

Wot? truebluegreen Dec 2014 #2

Yup. One of our Banana Republics got away from Big Business AND the Mafia Demeter Dec 2014 #3

It always comes back to moneyed interests, doesn't it? truebluegreen Dec 2014 #4

The Mafia Dons had a lot to say about this. PeoViejo Dec 2014 #5

He surely did! The U.S. Navy used Cuba as a regular R and R spot during that time. Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #7

When a Cuba discussion comes up, we never hear about the brutal abuses that led to it. Mika Dec 2014 #9

+1000!!! silverweb Dec 2014 #11

One day that story is GOING to be told in this country, just as it has been in Chile, Argentina, Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #12

Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #6

This book most clearly looks like a genuine "must read." Judi Lynn Dec 2014 #8

I always thought this was completely obvious. silverweb Dec 2014 #10