That would also be upsetting and make you require medication. Point is, no nation has a government that is 100% good, or bad by all standards.

As for Cuba being a disaster, I haven't been there for a while, but the Tropicana uised to be super neat. The only thing, it was owned by the Chicago mob and had a neon sign at the entrance that read, "Lefty Clarke's TROPICANA."

Any Hemmingway fan would have sided with Che and Fidel once he became aware of the exploitation of the Cuban people and the corruption of the Batista government.

The only problem here is the realization that sometimes the cure can be worse than the disease. I don't know that is the case in Cuba, because MY government has cut me off from information and contact necessary to establish this. Our secrecy, our isolation of Cuba--while re-establishing trade with Viet Nam and granting "Most Favored Nation" status to China really make me question our Cuba policy big time.

Publius