Very real concerns. Tho it's doubtful that there will be 55 million US tourists at any given moment. As it is, Cuban tourist facilities can barely keep up with the current rate of tourism. How the new resources will be created and governed remains to be seen. Despite the dangers, Cubans of all stripes except for the old emigre community are overjoyed. One sure good thing is that the US will stop its backdoor pressure on lenders not to lend to Cuba. That in itself should create more locally-controlled enterprise, and agriculture, both of which are desperately needed.
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>From: Peter Riley <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Dec 18, 2014 6:48 PM
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>Subject: Re: Nationalism Will Always Exist
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>It's also possible to feel quite worried about "normalisation".
>Everyone knows that if the gates are fully opened to USA tourism the
>island will be completely swamped. Someone worked out that there would
>be five tourists to every Cuban. Where, then, does the additional work-
>force come from? Not Haiti. And how do you get the profit to stay in
>the country or, like the Bermudas, go straight back to source?
>Hopefully the Cuban administration is aware of this danger. Already
>the rhetoric of normalisation includes several references to "private
>enterprise", which betray a wish not to normalise the relationship but
>to normalise Cuba into an American version of normality. The boundary
>between "private enterprise" and "American-owned" is always likely to
>get fuzzy.
>
>pr.
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