Talk:Republic of Cuba

message: This article contains a lot of material moved out of Fidel Castro, SqueakBox 20:25, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
:Because of this I have also placed the NPOV sticker that is there on this article as well, SqueakBox 21:50, May 22, 2005 (UTC)
:I have my doubts about this section: "Human rights and relationship with the United States". It seems to me that Cuba has human rights issues and it has a long, complicated relationship with the US, not all of which has to do with human rights (ie, the economic blockade). I think a separate section on the relationship will be needed. -- Viajero | Talk 21:48, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, I restructured things a bit; still needs work though. -- Viajero | Talk 22:11, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening comments

message: I have moved this text here because I'd like to see a citation for it to be included in the article:
:Although the vast majority of Cubans who fled during the Mariel boatlift were legitimate asylum seekers, Castro used the event to expel estimated 20,000 convicts, homosexuals and mentally disabled Cubans.
-- Viajero | Talk 16:53, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  mv from article 

message: I am no longer a regular contributor, but I just have to say something about the existence of this article, which is pretty distressing. First, no political entity is officially named the "Revolutionary Government of Cuba," so the title cannot be a proper noun. In other words, "government" should not be capitalized. Second, this is not a topic for a self-standing article. The correct place for the content here is History of Cuba under the section covering 1959 to the present. Another possibility is Politics of Cuba, under the section coverning this same period... I will redirect this article and move the content to the politics article or create a separate daughter article linked to the history (History of Cuba (1959-present)), unless someone beats me to over the next couple of days... To the creator of the article, I recommend reviewing the naming conventions for the history and politics articles. 172 06:19, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming conventions

message: I removed a claim in the into calling Castro the "world's longest serving head of state." This is incorrect. Castro was not Cuba's president (i.e. head of state) until 1976. (The presidency in Cuba is ceremonial, with real power resting in his post as CPC head.) Until then, his title was prime minister (head of government). BTW, even had he been head of state the entire time since 1959, he would still not beat Elizabeth II... The other changes pertain to issues brought up above and in the edit summary. 172 06:41, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes to the intro

message: However, much of these events occurred during the early 1960s, and there is no evidence suggesting that the U.S. is currently engaged in a subversion campaign against Cuba. That's incorrect. In the last ten years there have been at least two northamerican laws supporting  subversion and secret war against Cuba. 
One of them is the Helm's-Burton law, which finances anti-Castrist groups in Miami and media broadcastings in open infringement to international laws. It also forbids third-countries companies to negotiate with Cuba.
The other one is a report by the US state department suggesting a founding of 41 million dollars. One of it's objetives is economic war against Cuba by means of economic sabotage agaist Cuba principal incoming: tourism.
Yes, surely CIA's hand is not directly in this. US goverment don't need to budget CIA for that if they have a private "agency" in Miami in charge of these business: []
user:Alcides
:no comment. J. Parker Stone 20:18, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Well, there are some mistakes in the article 

message: What caused the high consumption of food before the Revolution? There was a lot of poverty. Of course it was a holiday resort, so did Al Capone et al eat all the food? :)  This requires explaining. Also, the present consumption is given in terms of cereals, tubers, and meat. Indeed people complain about the lack of meat, which is why there is a lot of illegal butchering, which perpetuates the problem because that way the live stock can't be built up. But also, Cubans eat a lot of icecream, pizza and rice, and that is something you will of course not see in those figures. If there is no better indicator I'd say those statistics had better be removed because they are misleading. DirkvdM 20:59, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Food statistics 

message: This article should be merged with Cuba. Although I am aware this in reference to a distinct period of time, it still covers much of the same issues. For instance, Federal Republic of Germany redirects to Germany and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam redirects to Vietnam. 
By the way, is anyone aware of Cuba's official name before the Revolution? CJK 23:04, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I was surprised to find there were two articles on Cuba and had the same thought, so, yeah, by all means merge. That's going to be quite a bit of work though. Is there any way that could be split between several people? I'd be happy to help (if I find the time ....). DirkvdM 07:48, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merging