On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:00:42 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 12/17/2014 4:30 PM, wrote:


20 years from now, I expect Cuba will be a highly industrialized country
whose factories produce inexpensive goods for the North American market,
just like China does now, and who's climate attracts tourists from all
over North America, just like Mexico does now.



Dang!!!
Now we will have to share Cuba with all the Yanks again!!! We
Canadians have been enjoying Cuba's beaches and resorts for years.
They have some pretty nice hotels and resorts


I'd like to visit. Maybe bring back a '55 Chevy.
They are not allowed to export them. They are a "cultural icon" or
something like that. Normalizing relations will not necessarily mean
all of a sudden Cubans will be able to buy cheap cars. Only recently
they are actually allowed to buy and sell vehicles -at a price of 20
years or more wages for the average Cuban worker for a used Chinese or
Russian taxi cab.