Cuba, 90 kms south of Florida, is like travelling to some sort of socialist 'jurassic' park. Although the country has many charms (sea, sun, pristine beaches, beautiful colonial architecture), the country is also the living and decaying testimony to a faltering political system. While most former communist countries have nowadays abandoned a system that doesn't work for the people but against the best interests of the people, Cuba (or better the ageing Cuban leadership) is continuing full steam ahead with a repressive ... (more)