"Cuba orders energy cuts as economy suffers" By Associated Press | August 1, 2009
HAVANA - It’s hard to find a spare tire in Cuba these days or a cup of yogurt.
Air conditioners are shut off in the dead heat. Factories close at peak hours, and workers go without their government-subsidized lunches. Cuba has ordered austere energy savings this summer to cope with rising budget deficits and plummeting export profits....
A report in official Cuban newspapers cited President Raul Castro as saying the island is struggling through a “very serious’’ crisis and hinted that further belt-tightening was on the way. The government already has imposed conservation measures even as it continues to get free oil for services from Venezuela, fueling rumors that Cuba is selling President Hugo Chávez’s crude on the side to raise cash.
Yeah, the Cubans aren't really suffering, America. It's just a dodge as they collaborate with "enemies."
More likely, the shortages result from a global recession that hit an economy still reeling from last year’s hurricanes. Castro told Cubans in a national address Sunday to work harder, saying they have no one to blame but themselves.
That's a Cuban communist for you, huh, America?
Good thing our newspapers and leaders never do that to us.
See: Sunday Insult Series: At Home With AmeriKa
Sunday Insult Series: Inside the American Mind
Sunday Insult Series: Amerikan Dining Hall
Sunday Insult Series: The AmeriKan Worker
And yet the Cubans have literacy and healthcare that we don't?
Something is wrong, America.
