tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post1370830825032368750..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: Odds and endsPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-49197755911566473962009-12-12T12:51:33.312-05:002009-12-12T12:51:33.312-05:00No corruption in Cuba,right? Just ask any "ji...No corruption in Cuba,right? Just ask any "jinetera" along side the Malecon any night who are the paying their money to be allowed to roam freely and pick up tourists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-41949146825864716202009-12-03T09:28:34.549-05:002009-12-03T09:28:34.549-05:00There is "NO corruption in Cuba," just a...There is "NO corruption in Cuba," just as in Bolshevik Russia there was "NO typhus in Moscow, comrade" (see the film Doctor Zhivago). Seriously now, how many complaints about police corruption have you read in Granma? CASE CLOSED.<br /><br />Now let's move on to a more serious subject, such as the U.S. kazoo band thrilling the folks in Guanahacabibes with the all-important goal of "improving U.S.-Cuban relations."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-88177857612607088482009-12-03T08:15:20.769-05:002009-12-03T08:15:20.769-05:00There is corruption, just not as extensive, at lea...There is corruption, just not as extensive, at least on ground level, as in other like countries such as Hati, Mexico, or say, Iraq or Afgan. <br /><br />This is illustrated in bribe system. Cuban police and customs, at least from my experience, are much more trustworthy, than say their counterparts in DR or Mexico. <br /><br />Regular citizens of each country, i've found at least ancedotally, trust ground level police and customs , much more in cuba than in other LA countries.<br /><br />This does NOT mean that the rules they apply are just, but rather that rules are generally followed in Cuba; in contrast, official regularly flout rules in other LA countires, at least on ground level. <br /><br /><br />If you don't know these countries (i.e. have spent time there), then you by definition can have no opinion on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-50111535066687308462009-12-03T07:35:48.437-05:002009-12-03T07:35:48.437-05:00On Planet Leftside, there is no corruption in Cuba...On Planet Leftside, there is no corruption in Cuba.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-24936198583576259832009-12-02T22:48:57.847-05:002009-12-02T22:48:57.847-05:00anony 443.
I see your ideology keeps you from see...anony 443.<br /><br />I see your ideology keeps you from seeing the 360 view. <br /><br />Its totally true, in latin american context, (and lower up to upper middle level) , relatively very low corrruption in Cuba. Have you ever been to mexico, hati, or Peru???<br /><br />Cuba much less corrput. Its just a fact, sorry you don't like them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-33276805038880357412009-12-02T18:43:30.979-05:002009-12-02T18:43:30.979-05:00According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, onl...According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index" rel="nofollow">Corruption Perceptions Index,</a> only Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile rank better in the region in terms of corruption.leftsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676827005815770066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-32178430621131272562009-12-02T16:43:13.417-05:002009-12-02T16:43:13.417-05:00"low indices of corruption"...priceless...."low indices of corruption"...priceless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com