Do you think the U.S. should offer Cuba statehood after Fidel Castro dies? How do you think the Cubans would feel about it? How do you think Florida's Cuban-Americans would react?
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No. Cuba is not naturally a part of the US, any more than Jamaica or Mexico. It is part of Latin America. The Cubans should choose for themselves how they want to change their country when they have the freedom to do so.
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I honestly don't think the death of Castro by itself would change much. There's already an stablished way of government there and I believe they will continue with their regime without him. I'm pretty sure many Cubans living in America would be happy for a moment (Do you remember the images of people cheering when Castro was gravely ill not so long ago and there were rumours of his death).
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You don't actually own Gitmo - you rent it for (I think) $4000 per year. The check is dutifully handed over every year, and the Cubans don't cash it. Yes, Cuba is close to the US. Canada and Mexico are closer, whereas Hawaii and Alaska are further from the continental US. Distance is not what matters, it is the people and their view. Cubans are Latinos, the Cuban culture is Latino, the Cubans still in Cuba have a lifetime of being told that Uncle Sam is bad. They wouldn't "fit in", and probably wouldn't want to.
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They'll just continue on the same path as before.
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No, they shouldn't offer it, it would go down extremely badly; having been to Cuba, I can tell you that the country actually functions reasonably well and does not need saving from corruption and dictatorship as US government propaganda would have people believe. Cuba would tell the US to get to f*** (in Spanish) if they offered them statehood... it would just re-inforce the Cuban perception of the USA as egotistical and would appear very patronising to them. The people in Little Havana would probably be all for it as it would give them the chance to return home and visit family every now and then, but that is pretty academic.
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Are you loco? Cubans may be coming to the US; but they are also very patriotic and love their country. The chance of Cuba becoming a state is less than deminimus. Nada!
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No! Cubans want Cuba to be a country. Even those of us in the US would never agree to the idea of statehood for our country. Look at Puerto Rico-- there is a nationalist spirit there that keeps voting down statehood. Ditto Cuba. Viva Cuba!
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Will the new Cuban government allow the church back in? Read your Bible!
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The U.S. handed the governing of Cuba over to the Cubans in 1902. Why on Earth would the Cubans want to give it back? Why would Cubans give up sovereignty to become a U.S. state? No, I don't think the U.S. should offer statehood to Cuba. I think the Cubans would feel as though we are invading them if we offered them statehood. I think Florida's Cuban-Americans would react by saying WTF?
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I agree that it's unlikely that Cuba will become a US state anytime soon, but I could see the US offering something akin to a Compact of Free Association. But that's just my opinion as an American of non-Cuban descent. As to how I think Cuban-Americans would react, I'll leave it up to them to say for themselves.
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Yes ! Make them a State. Bring back all of those factories in China and Mexico and place them in Cuba. Cuba is much closer and more compatible as a State than any other island including Puerto RIco. Black Cubans and Black Americans have a common ancestry that dates back to the creation of America. This is the link that makes Cuba so similar to America and different from all of the other islands including Puerto Rico. Black Cubans also have great admiration for America. Black Cubans are 67% of the Cuban population. By size and vote they could make this possible. They have no loyalty for Jose Marti or Fidel Castro both who are nationalist and have ruined Cuba.
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Yes. And they would have to choose. so they will stop blaming everybody for their disastrous situation.Now there are about 50 million Latinos in the US, so a few more is not that imposible. Those millions are proof that Latinamerica systems and governments are a failure. Why not test this idea?
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yes definitely Cuban state hood would help stablize relations with the us and help with the large cuban population in florida prehaps Raoul could be the first governor and make a transition from social dictatorship to compassionate capitolism this is consistent with the monroe doctrine and as is up for cuban vote is not threat to cuban sovereignty but rather is a natural metamorphic change for cuban peace and prosperity...as in africa and in all global states #1 consider what is best for the children....... lets be selfless people of earth children first...klk
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NO, and the reason is the same one that they use to not offer statehood to Puerto Rico. with statehood comes federal money for roads, also medicare and medicaid, and food stamps. We can't afford it!
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