tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post1926204575438867318..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Opening emigrant doorsGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-84383827264113169372012-10-29T07:27:46.207-04:002012-10-29T07:27:46.207-04:00Why Cuba does not permit people to emigrate? The m...Why Cuba does not permit people to emigrate? The most obvious sign that the Revolution failed is that the people with the most initiative, talent and possibility would exercise this right in large numbers. Nevertheless, everyday people with no special talent, except the desire to improve their lives, would make up the bulk of these emigrants. The Cuban state can claim this is a brain drain, it is, and national security issue, not so, but they have had 60 years to make the Revolution a worthwhile paradise. In contrast the periods of 1899-1940 and 1945-1959 were periods of high levels of immigration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com