I recently talked to a Cuban immagrant who spoke of rampant corrruption in Fidels regime. He filed for an immigration license and made the payment to the govermant 8 times before he could leave. He spoke of how the health care was good but more often then not was run on bribes. What are your thoughts on corruption in the Cuban government? How could this corruption be defeated? Or is it inevitable in the Cuban model of Socialism?
I'd have to check the background to see how much corruption there genuinely is in the Cuban system, not that that would be easy to come by, but assuming there is some levels of corruption, I would assume, like most other areas with corruption involved, it is the fault of capitalism as a whole. Cuba has not successfully destroyed the capitalist and materialistic mindset yet,...to tackle this, more education on Marxist politics as a whole is needed...but that is easier said than done when you are dealing with a sizeable population...
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Cuba has been making attempts to tackle corruption over the past decade.
4 May 2001 - Ministry for Auditing and Control's created 28 October 2005 - Address by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, to the second national art instructors graduation ceremony held in Ciudad Deportiva 17 November 2005 - Speech delivered by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of his admission to University of Havana, in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana 7 December 2005 - Castro broadens youth-led anti-corruption drive The following is a summary of Fidel's two speeches (which are long) by PSL: PSL wrote: Corruption has been a problem since the Special Period i.e. a byproduct of capitalism. One of the most promising campaigns has been to use the youth as a weapon against corruption. ![]() "By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?" - Walter Rodney |
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