How will the next few years pan out in Cuba?
By イノウエ, Posted on 19/05/2015 05:07
An interesting debate to have over a few crisp glasses of Speyside scotch and a nice Romeo y Julieta Churchill sitting outside on the porch is how will Cuba turn out if and when this embargo comes down with the United States?
Obviously they do not want to go back to the 1950s where American cronyism and big business left a somewhat bitter taste with the Cuban people and brought upon the revolution. There appears no particular appetite by the Cuban government to reduce their power over enterprise, though there have been some notable exceptions. There has been a huge increase in the number of rooms available to cope with the influx of tourists in recent months, many from private homeowners opening up their homes. This has always been a part of life in Cuba, but previously tourists may have felt hesitant to go for this and there were not hugely obvious options other than the grand hotels.
If you choose to go for the option in staying with a local family in their home, you will really get a unique experience, a warm and genuine welcome and also helping to contribute to the beginnings of private enterprise in Cuba which as we all know will be critical in the next 20 years for Cuba to move into the modern world and flourish like we know they can.
They maintain the best cigars in the world by a way in our view and we cannot wait for Americans to be able legally to get their hands on them whenever that comes about in 6 months or 5 years, but we are getting close one feels...
Happy smoking everyone
David