President Raul Castro of Cuba
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Cuba has experienced great difficulties, right back to the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. Recently, three hurricanes which caused damage totalling $10 billion, together with the world economic crisis have hit the country very hard indeed.
In my view, the current President Castro appears to be a sensible man - far more so than the former "Lider Maximo." He has told the people of Cuba that there must be economies, belt-tightening and austerity, grim, but it seems necessary, news.
Instead of continually spouting revolutionary slogans, President Castro talks sense. For example consider the following quotes:
"The accounts don't square up. You have to act with realism and adjust the dreams to the true possibilities."
"Two plus two always equals four, never five."
I think that the President's statements should be read by all the left-wing optimists and dreamers in the French trades unions, the CGT in particular - after all, President Castro could almost be quoting from Mrs Thatcher!
I hope that the incoming president of the USA will reach an accomodation with President Castro; the world is always better for sensible leaders.
And an article from the Daily Telegraph today suggests that things could soon improve, with President-elect Obama stating that he will lift travel restrictions and permit money transfers. I think that this is a good thing, and hopeful for the future.
Until the next time
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