Interesting read on misconceptions on Cuba

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I only just skimmed the article, but the further down the page I went, the more and more I was convinced that the author is wearing one of the darkest sets of rose colored glasses ever made.

The closest B&M to me (Cardenas Cigars in Sacramento) happens to be owned by Cubans. While they will speak some light(hearted) stories of Cuba, like of their jobs in the cigar factories, and little tidbits here and there, for the most part, they don't like to talk seriously about Cuba and neither do any of the many other Cubans that come in there. Some got out legally, some snuck out, but every single one of them risked their lives to leave, and there's really only two logical reasons why anyone would be willing to do that. I have enough respect for them to know not to ask about Cuba, but when they speak of it, either by their own decision to tell a story or someone else asking them, I will listen. Their stories are hardly ever complimentary.