Looking tired and old, Prince Charles and his wife landed in communist Cuba and laid a wreath on the grave of Jose Marti, George Washington of Cuba. Then they were lined up in front of a Che Guevara mural for a commemorative photograph while the Cuban military goose-stepped around. The Royals seemed to suffer form the heat and humidity as they toured the spruced up tourist section of Havana, a small area as most of the city is in ruins since there has been little or no upkeep since 1959 when the government took over all property.
A lot of Brits vacation in Cuba, but there have been some nasty incidents from the communists when people have become sick in Cuba or when there has been some sort of accidental property destruction. Cuba is desperate for tourism as Venezuela is no longer able to give them money and neither is Russia. Even the Cuban president Alley Oop was trotted out to meet with the Royals. I don't know if the UK will sell things on credit to the Cubans, but I know that since 1959 Cuba has never paid off any loans or sales made by credit.
To be fair, it seems unlikely that visiting a boring, run-down island where the sewers are filled with blood on a dictatorship tourism visit is exactly a royal cup of tea but more likely some sort of high-level diplomatic attempt to get the communists to back off their blatant mistreatment of tourists.
A lot of Brits vacation in Cuba, but there have been some nasty incidents from the communists when people have become sick in Cuba or when there has been some sort of accidental property destruction. Cuba is desperate for tourism as Venezuela is no longer able to give them money and neither is Russia. Even the Cuban president Alley Oop was trotted out to meet with the Royals. I don't know if the UK will sell things on credit to the Cubans, but I know that since 1959 Cuba has never paid off any loans or sales made by credit.
To be fair, it seems unlikely that visiting a boring, run-down island where the sewers are filled with blood on a dictatorship tourism visit is exactly a royal cup of tea but more likely some sort of high-level diplomatic attempt to get the communists to back off their blatant mistreatment of tourists.
