Sign of the times: Cuba
I visited Cuba to study Spanish in 2003, and I can say that it was one of my most interesting trips. Visiting Cuba is like going back into the fifties with all those vintage cars they have. It was quite an experience as Cuba is still one of the last “Communist” states around, it’s quite to see billboards with “Viva la revolución” in big red letters, instead of Coca Cola ads on the Freeway. Ever since I left Cuba, I have always told friends to visit the place now as the system will change soon.
I am posting this entry as I have just read that on the VI Communist Party Congress, Raul Castro has announced a couple of economic reforms rectifying the errors of the past. One of the changes will be the suppression of the libreta system( food ration cards). My Spanish teacher showed me an example of it, and I kindly asked her if I could take a picture of it. When I took the photo, I was thinking of the moment when this system will cease to exist.
Here is a picture of one of those vintage cars:
