Eastern,
I appreciate your sentiment and your point is well made, however, if I compare literacy rates, child morality and welfare states of Cuba and parts of the great US of A, for example,I know where i'd rather be if I was poor. *Points to the poorer residents of New Orleans*
There's no begging in Cuba, unless it's for the tourists and there's no police around.
I've done Havanna and Varadero as well. (The sky-diving was awesome!)
Sorry for the thread drift. Just felt the need to defend an unjustified (IMHO) attack on Cuba.
