Comments on: Having been dead since April, Fidel Castro announces he will not cling to leadership http://www.williamkwolfrum.com/2007/12/18/having-been-dead-since-april-fidel-castro-announces-he-will-not-cling-to-leadership/ Bill Wolfrum's world of satire and commentary Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Shawn http://www.williamkwolfrum.com/2007/12/18/having-been-dead-since-april-fidel-castro-announces-he-will-not-cling-to-leadership/#comment-71808 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:02:21 +0000 http://www.williamkwolfrum.com/2007/12/18/having-been-dead-since-april-fidel-castro-announces-he-will-not-cling-to-leadership/#comment-71808 Are people really naive enough to believe that if and when Fidel Castro steps down, US interests will just be able to march in and resume business as usual? Whoever is that stupid has obviously never been to Cuba. Even if people are struggling (largely due to the US imposed embargo) a vast majority of the population is better off than before the Revolution. Look at the facts, the population literacy rate in Cuba is now the fifth highest in the world (in comparison the US ranks 21st), everyone has access to healthcare (life expectancy is higher and infant mortality lower than in the US). The average person is not living in the gutter and starving between harvests the way they did in the 'good old days'. Regardless of who succeeds Castro, it is very doubtful the people of Cuba will roll over and let the US (or anyone else for that matter) exploit the country the way the Batista government and US corporations did pre-1959. Another thing, if McDonald's only has 250 restaurants in NYC why would they open 7000 in Cuba where the population of the entire country is only about 30% higher? Are people really naive enough to believe that if and when Fidel Castro steps down, US interests will just be able to march in and resume business as usual?

Whoever is that stupid has obviously never been to Cuba. Even if people are struggling (largely due to the US imposed embargo) a vast majority of the population is better off than before the Revolution.

Look at the facts, the population literacy rate in Cuba is now the fifth highest in the world (in comparison the US ranks 21st), everyone has access to healthcare (life expectancy is higher and infant mortality lower than in the US). The average person is not living in the gutter and starving between harvests the way they did in the ‘good old days’.

Regardless of who succeeds Castro, it is very doubtful the people of Cuba will roll over and let the US (or anyone else for that matter) exploit the country the way the Batista government and US corporations did pre-1959.

Another thing, if McDonald’s only has 250 restaurants in NYC why would they open 7000 in Cuba where the population of the entire country is only about 30% higher?

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