“Cuba does have problems,” said Kirby Jones, a business consultant, stating the obvious at the start of a meeting last week that brought American travel industry executives and Cuban government officials to Cancún to strategize on what might, and what might not, play out in the years ahead.NY Times Reports: Cuba is Changing When I first visited Poland in 1987. It felt like something was happening. Didn't know what, but something. People weren't happy. After visiting Cuba this past year, I believe something is happening. And will happen soon. American companies take notice.
Mr. Jones urged potential investors to banish certain words from their minds — Bay of Pigs, dissidents, Elián González, hijackers and socialism, for instance — and to focus on the fact that the Cuban government had already joined more than 200 joint ventures with foreign corporations, none of them American.
“Everyone is there, except us,” he told the travel agents, hoteliers, tour operators, charter companies and others with an eye on Cuba. “There are offices and representatives of over 500 companies around the world. Nobody knows when it will open up for Americans, but it will.”
Everybody is watching China these days. The world fastest growing economy - a market economy lead by a communist government. I would be surprised if Cuba follows that model.
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