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In reply to the discussion: American businesses preparing to flood Cuba [View all]Judi Lynn
(164,137 posts)That's when the poor didn't have a chance to go to school, could kiss their own asses goodbye if they got sick, since they had no way to afford doctors, and many, many of the poor had intestinal parasites, no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no running water, etc., etc., etc.
The people who did just fine were the elitist Spanish, and US citizens working for US-based companies, like United Fruit, owned originally by the Rockefeller family, and eventually became "Chiquita Banana."
If you wanted to use your spare time in a way which would really help you, it would be tremendous if you started doing the homework needed to get the real picture of Cuba's history, and the U.S. control of that history all these long, LONG years. You, too, could have a clue about what has really happened if you only bothered to spend your own energy looking for the only answers that matter.