Comments on: More Progress

by: ooga booga

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:24:14 +0000

as the cubans say in miami: Thanks god!

by: Garbanzo

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:12:59 +0000

Perez: They are legally allowed to purchase them now, but they still can't afford them. With the average Cuban earning about $10 to $12 a month, it would take about 20 years of savings to buy a computer. What a JOKE!! And APPLE, Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the ENTIRE WORLD!! Maybe you should pick up a book and read it now and then, huh!!

by: Viva la Revolution!!

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:38 +0000

Thank god not everybody who comments on this blog is ignorant. I like the way Raul is trying to make it appear that ordinary Cubans are starting to have more freedoms. Unfortunatley, only a very small percentage of Cubans will be able to afford a computer or a cell phone. The trade embargo is so last century. Sure…it was pretty bad that all of those people were killed in the revolution of the 50's, but what was worse is how the USA was trying to take over Cuba and take advantage of it's regular working people by moving the wealth into the hands of only a few. We must learn to respect all people, and to start thinking forward with compassion and fairness.

by: Stupid Apple

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:42:36 +0000

Re: Apple – What an ignorant response this Apple person gave. Cubans are actually pretty close to being the most literate country in the Northern Hemisphere…dare I say more literate and better educated than most people in the USA.

by: Caio

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:58:46 +0000

The reason why they now can buy computers, is not because it changed the president, it is because the energy crisis ended.
stupic americans

by: polly

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:25:50 +0000

Friends just got back from Cuba (there have been there 13 times in the last 20 years) said it had improved so much since their last visit. Their hotel even let their friend that is a citizen of Cuba get a day pass and spend the day with them. Last time he was arrested just because he was on the beach in front of their hotel talking to them.

by: Richard

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:22:07 +0000

Great. Now we can all look forward to Spam from one more country.

by: Stephanie

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:37:44 +0000

Um….isnt Cubas health system better than America??? Just sayin thats all…………..

by: boo

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:10:28 +0000

there are so many ignorant messages here it's crazy
some americans really have no knowledge outside of where they live
no it is not illegal for americans to go to Cuba
and no cuba is not a crazy oppressive country, do not trust that crazy president of yours, tis all prograganda so please criticisize only when you actually know something about the country.
And one more thing to the person who referred to cubans as 'backwater savages' how about this. a tv show once asked americans in a random interview off the street to name a country starting with 'U' and a handful of you actually answered 'Yuguslavia'. now tell me who the stupid people are.

by: Bozo

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:38:21 +0000

Ah Perez, when are you being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for journalism? Quite the social commentator, aren't you? Btw, is Fidel still dead?