Fidel Castro gives up power, what will happen?

JK666

I am shallow! Will Cohiba's and MonteCristo's get cheaper and more available in the U.S.?

Or any other thoughts from the deeper thinkers.

JK

momzcrazy

Unfortunately I don't see many changes happening. His brother is taking over, he has the same views as Fidel.

momz

BurnTheShips

I am not so shallow, especially since my family had to leave and family members suffered torture or death.

Short term, I think nothing will happen.

Burn

thepackage

I heard his sister was/is a JW anybody know if this is true?

BurnTheShips

Let me add that Raul seems to be more favorable to opening relations witht he US. Perhaps with Fidel's passing the US will attempt to reach out.

Burn

momzcrazy

So far they are saying the embargos will stay in place.

momz

reneeisorym

His brother is 76. Raul can't live much longer himself. Perhaps there is more hope with his successor? I'm eager to see who he names as his successor.

llbh

Word here in the uk isw nothing will happen till after US elections then it will change forever

So go there this year

David

still_in74

I just got back from Cuba on Saturday. Been there 3 times !

I got a box of 25 Cohibas for $50 CDN. I could have gotten MC for $20 Pesos. Actually - just and FYI - I smoked my first cigar last week, I like the smaller cigars over the large stogeys. In fact, I loved my smaller Cohiba !! My wife doesnt know I brought a small box back for myself.... ;)

Anyway, what will happen? NOTHING. Cuba hates the US. The US has wanted Cuba for hundreds of years and they have never backed down. When you tour_havana you get to hear the Cuban side of the story. I even saw a billboard with a pic of Bush=Hitler. Very funny!

Plus I imagine if the US came back to CUBA they would want all the buildings and property Castro confiscated in 1959.
Tourism is the countries #1 industry so that wont slow down either. No way.

Viva La Revolucion !

still_in74

Let me add that Raul seems to be more favorable to opening relations witht he US. Perhaps with Fidel's passing the US will attempt to reach out.

I heard the opposite, that he was even more hard-line about the US

As for the US "reaching out" you must mean the US reaching out to consume all of Cuba's natural resources/Oil and to dominate the country through economic dependance of the American consumer right?
Don't take this the wrong way, but the reason Cuba is a great country to vacation is because corporate America has not been allowed to destroy/ruin it. Ask any non-american that has travelled to various islands in the Carribean and Mexico and then travelled to Cuba. They will all agree with that statement.
Maybe its just me, but I dont want to shop at Walmart and eat at McDonalds when I am in Cuba. America has a way of getting its own way, but then wasnt that the reason for the revolution in the first place?

Fidel Castro gives up power, what will happen?

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