To the editor: As this text accurately acknowledged, the US has been working to undermine the Cuban financial system for 67 years, ever because the Cuban Revolution in 1959 (“Cuban leaders sign concessions to appease Trump, but additionally guarantee political survival,” March 16). Previous to the revolution, Cuba was a playground for rich People, together with the mafia, whereas a big portion of the Cuban inhabitants lived in excessive poverty, with rampant starvation and a scarcity of medical care and schooling. The revolution introduced inexpensive housing, healthcare, schooling and extra meals to Cubans and ended the rampant exploitation by the U.S. elite.
After we visited Cuba two years in the past, regardless of all the difficulties attributable to a 67-year U.S. blockade, we didn’t see any homelessness, in distinction to what we see every single day within the streets of Los Angeles. Individuals are supplied with housing, meals subsidies and free medical care.
Given the continuing embargo by certainly one of its closest neighbors, which additionally discourages different nations from investing in Cuba, it’s superb what the nation has been capable of present to its residents. Think about what Cubans might have achieved had the U.S. not been in an financial conflict with them for the previous 67 years. How dare we?
Leslie Simon and Marc Bender, Woodland Hills
