Miltary + Oil = Cuba's Future?

will Cuba be turning into the next Iraq?

hardly ... but as the regime looks for ways to survive, it has been increasingly looking to oil production (particularly off the north west coast of Cuba) as its next profit-maker.

of course, the current profit-maker is tourism, which is controlled by Prince Regent Raul's military. no surprise to learn that if oil production becomes viable, the military will also control that.

simply put:

In Cuba, "the military's job is to make money," Frank Mora, a professor at the National College in Washington, told The Miami Herald in a recent article.

"Power in Cuba is not just who holds the guns, although that helps. More important is who controls what is profitable."

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