Life in Cuba is way worse than you probably thought after watching “Fast and Furious” movies.
Cuba has become a gigantic dumping ground. It’s full of abuse, misery, hunger, violence and other numerous achievements of Marxism that some maximalists in Europe and America dream about.
Many Cuban city streets look like a giant dumpster.
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The recently built K23 hotel in Havana is towering over slumps, allowing to see all the destruction of the island from its heights.
The level of despair in Cuba is such that Russia is recruiting mercenaries there.
The influx of foreigners into the ranks of the Russian army increased after ‘Wagner’ was removed from the scene of the war in Ukraine, following Prigozhin’s mutiny in June 2023.
Mercenaries from Cuba, Nepal, Sierra Leone, and Somalia who fought for Russia have been captured by the Ukrainian army.
A captive from Cuba said that he agreed to fight in Ukraine because of the “big money” he was offered: 250,000 rubles per month (USD$2,500).
It’s actually more than the Russian contractors get paid.
Castro’s version of socialism has been imploding for decades. Cubans were led to believe that things would change and improve, but through decades of misery and repressions, Cubans had to settle for crumbs, waiting for a miracle.
In 1980s, the propaganda insisted that all Cuban products were “the best in the world.” The USSR was the mighty empire that would back Cuba up, no matter what, and “it would be just a matter of time until the communism arrives”.
When 1990s arrived, Cubans handed over their most precious relics, possessions and jewelry in exchange for a small check that allowed them to buy a color television or a fan with a light. Cubans handed in their treasures to be able to own a TV, which fed them more propaganda.
In 1991, the USSR collapsed and the Soviets left Cuba. But another benefactor arrived in no time: China brought its Haier refrigerators, along with pots and pans — the only problem here, not much food to cook and refrigerate. The hope for a miracle rejuvenated, maybe the Chinese would help to fix Cuba’s economic disaster?
When this didn’t eventuate either, Fidel Castro decided to allow private entrepreneurship, and people again had high hopes, began brainstorming ideas and business plans. Cubans began buying and selling stuff, investing, borrowing. Until the regime changed its mind and began taking away business licenses and banning whole sectors, like 3D cinemas, just like that. No apologies or compensations.
Then Obama became the president of the USA, and Cubans again began hoping that things would get better — that the Americans would finally "invade" Cuba with their yachts, cars, and cruise ships, leaving bigs tips and showering locals with cash. These hopes crashed as well.
Then Russia 2.0 arrived. And once again, Cubans were hoping that things would finally change, that this time they for sure would get out of poverty and misery. They were assured that this time there were real plans, projects and opportunities for everyone.
Cubans forgot that the former USSR had been investing in Cuba 4 billion dollars per year, for 30 years. Nothing changed before, so why would things be different this time?
Food shortages and energy blackouts are acute in Cuba. “No bread or milk, many kids don’t have breakfast, blackouts last 10+ hours per day.”
The Castro regime stripped people of their dignity and made them dependent on its injustices. The worse they are treated by the regime, the more they defend it, because they need these crumbs.
