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Originally Posted by mohave_steve  Hey Starfish,
I am headed to Jupiter on Friday. Never been there before. I understand there is a cold front heading in  I was hoping for warmer weather.
As to the economy, I don't see that in these times the spending of dollars by Americans in Cuba would be helpful?? Do I misunderstand?
As to the opening of trade & relations I simply think the embargo has gone way too far and opening relations is the "right" thing to do.
Now let's talk about cruising  |
It's supposed to get cold (40's) Friday nite, then back into the mid 50's at nite & mid 70's during the day.
It's not the spending of American $$ in Cuba that I was referring to. Cuba is starving for raw materials and needs billions in infrastructure. There is a lot of money willing to go back to Cuba if a democratic system with private ownership of goods & property is embraced. Cuba has ready exports in cigars and alcohol--both high-margin exports--and the cruise ships would descend upon Havana as the next big thing, generating a ton of cash needed to buy the raw materials to fix up Havana--which really needs fixing up.
South Florida will explode with exports from Miami to Havana if relations are normalized.