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Americans in Cuba?
Have you even been to Cuba. I am an American and have been living in Cuba for the past 10 year,6 1/2 months there every year, and the Cuba you describe is not the one I see everyday. This story has so many errors that it is both comical and very disrespectful to Cubans. First, Americans do not need "special visas" you just go in with a normal tourist visa like the rest of the world.Second, there are plenty "basic accommodations and necessities." I do not know where you were but you can stay in the Telegrafo,Parque Central, El Nacional or many other great hotels that do not have just cold water and broken beds.Also, you can buy toothpaste,shampoo,soap,deodorant,tampons and any other basic necessities in any store not just in Havana,but anywhere else in the country.Lastly you basically tell Americans to go there to be "king" to the Cubans who have "marching orders" to treat you nice and then you can go buy paintings for less than they are worth,basically treat Cubans as unsophisticated chumps. I think that if you ever went there in the first place you went with the wrong attitude or a certain expectation,but seriously I do not think you ever set foot there.Next time write with some authority on the subject or go back to journalism school.— May 1, 2010 5:46 a.m.