Euro News: 'Cuba Looks to The Future, While Marking its Past'

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Source:Euro News- The beautiful Caribbean island of Cuba.

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From Wikipedia 

"As Cuba marked one of the biggest days in the history of its revolution, leaders were pledging to pursue reforms of the island's Soviet-style economy." 

From Euro News

Cuba is a beautiful somewhat small Caribbean island nation of around 11M people. And even though it's been a Communist State for over fifty years now with an authoritarian government and a Marxist-Communist economy, but with the passing of President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul now the President, a man who's recognized the need for progressive reform. (As opposed to regressive and illiberal) Something the Cuban People both still in Cuba but in America recognize as well. 

Cuba actually does some things well especially for a third World nation, like in education where their kids are educated well. But the problem is, you can have the best education in the world but if there aren't good jobs available for you which is largely the case in Cuba with its Marxist-Communist economy, with the State owning the means and production of society, you're not going to find enough good jobs, for enough people in an economy like that. The best education possible won't get you a good job if you have an economy thats dominated by inefficient state-owned industries. Cuba also has a very good state-run Health care system. 

I believe Cuba will move in the direction of China instead of Russia: start off with economic reform. (Meaning privatization and regulation) Hopefully their economy will move more like China than Russia and they are able to cut back on the amount of corruption in the economy. And most of the economic resources to going to a small percentage of people. And then moving to personal freedom later in the process. 

Communism I believe is not popular in Cuba any longer but I believe socialism is popular in Cuba and hopefully they'll move in the direction of social democracy instead of Marxist-Communism. Socialism is popular in Cuba and I could see a Socialist, hopefully a Democratic Socialist Party merging in Cuba in the future. 

If the Cuban Government ever moved in the direction of allowing opposition party's, perhaps the Communist Party will reform into the Social DemocraticParty (to stay in power, if nothing else) because socialism is popular in Cuba, 

I believe the direction that Cuba should head into the future, is to look more like Europe thats filled with social democracies. Instead of America thats more of a liberal democracy. And hopefully they'll allow for personal freedom as well. Reforming the Constitution or writing a new one, Bill of Rights, those sorts of things.