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Judi Lynn

(164,124 posts)
11. One American business which operated freely was the U.S. American Mafia.
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 01:27 AM
Jan 2015

They ran the nightclubs, casinos, hotels, and other establishments much farther down the ugly line, and turned Havana into a true cesspool. The U.S. Navy started using Havana as a Rest and Recreation spot for its sailors who needed to go ashore for leave.

The people of the Revolution went into the streets, and emptied out their vice-dens, piling up their equipment in the streets, and setting it all on fire.

The Revolution threw OUT the U.S. Mafia, the corrupt, brutal government, the death squads which had stalked Cuban citizens through the streets, kidnapped them, tortured them, killed many of them, threw out their bodies in the streets, hung them from street lights, or cut their bodies into large pieces and hung them from trees.

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Mothers of murdered young Cubans marching in Santiago de Cuba





Sone of the Santiago de Cuba mothers getting hosed down by Batista's national police.[/center]
The right-wing is putting its hopes on the possibility they will be able to find enough people in high places who would love to get bribed handsomely for helping US interests steal back the island and their homeland.

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I hope they find no markets there Demeter Jan 2015 #1
US retirement community is what I see. Businesses will cater to tourists and expats Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #2
So we should keep the embargo? FrodosPet Jan 2015 #3
Pity you don't communicate with people who go to Cuba. Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #4
I got banned on my first and only post at FreeRepublic! FrodosPet Jan 2015 #5
It's funny how hardcore leftists are going crazy over this whole US-Cuba approximation Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #6
Cuba has already BEEN a "capitalist dream." Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #8
So what's your take on this then? Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #9
One American business which operated freely was the U.S. American Mafia. Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #11
Judy, do you think the embargo should stay in place then? Oele Jan 2015 #17
Still waiting for a clear and concise answer Marksman_91 Jan 2015 #22
I am guessing, since they won't explain, that it would involve trade but without US business Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #20
You didn't realize?You're unaware that attempting to claim posters are commie-lovers is name-calling Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #7
When have I used the term "commie lovers?" FrodosPet Jan 2015 #10
Sulk, if you must. That's fine. We all recognize dog-whistles. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #12
It's no surprise you can recognize a dog whistle Zorro Jan 2015 #13
Totally predictable comment from the guy who was deleted for calling DU'er women "old biddies." n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #15
I was deleted? Zorro Jan 2015 #21
Your post was deleted. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #32
Seriously? polly7 Jan 2015 #25
Yet another wrong assertion from the LatAm forum's touchy resident pedant Zorro Jan 2015 #37
lol nt Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #19
'lol' at 'dog whistle' towards a woman ....... you stay classy now! nt. polly7 Jan 2015 #26
sorry, I didn't realize JL was a woman n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #30
What's that supposed to mean? polly7 Jan 2015 #24
If you recognize it, then it is not a dog whistle FrodosPet Jan 2015 #14
How could you have ever avoided learning what "dog whistle" means in this context? Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #16
Give it up, JL. I appreciate the defense, and the need to clean up DU, but Demeter Jan 2015 #18
Their posts always resemble crank calls. Pathetic way to try to waste other people's time, isn't it? Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jan 2015 #27
Do take the time to point out the whoppers and half-truths. Put y'r money where is thy pie hole. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #28
New York Times: U.S. Companies Clamor to Do Business in New Cuban Market Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #29
McDonalds are very popular in Latin America n/t Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #31
If and when I go to Cuba FrodosPet Jan 2015 #33
Me too. Just saying they are popular. KFC too. I eat at local places or regional chains, Bacchus4.0 Jan 2015 #34
They've been wearing these shirts in Cuba for years: Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #35
Why not let the Cuban people choose? hack89 Jan 2015 #36
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