Cuba: a socialist paradise?
Black vultures circle Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, where Fidel Castro has in the past spoken to millions of Cubans. Today it’s empty save for a few tourists and looks like a sprawling car park. The only buildings of note are the Che bronze outline on a nearby block and the José Marti column made of marble that towers above.
Anyone expecting to find a workers’ paradise in Cuba is in for a shock. The rural east of Holguin Province, for example, is still agricultural and you’re as likely to see oxen or horses drawing carts as private cars on the pot-holed roads. Hitch-hiking is popular and it’s almost obligatory to stop if you’re in a car. The tourism boom has been largely contained in all-inclusive resorts owned by state companies.
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