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Cuba…Mamma Mia…like most of the Caribbean; part of the 1492 slam… Slavery, sugar plantations… invasions, upheaval, independence… Then the American kisses; with a slight twist…who initiated the ’disses’…? Was it Blaine…is he insane…? Was it Marti…the heart of the party…? Or Teller…many say he was the real speller… Or Estrada Palma…could he have been the calmer…? Was it San Martin…any questions of his parting…? Or was it Batista…is he the real twister…? With his interwove of expansion…then stagnation and dissatisfaction… Coupled with his increased economic regulation plan… Was this the spike for the revolution…? Enter Castro; was he the real maestro…his thoughts, his plans; communize the land…? Centralize, non-democratize…ostracize, reorganize… The politics…were they laden in tricks…? The CIA; not here to stay… but what role did they play…? When they realize the RAF size…what will they emphasize…? With great plans to defeat…did they end in retreat…? Now with Eisenhower…speculations of a great shower… But after only months…fixation shift to ouster hunts… Severed diplomatic relations…the new sensation… Impositions of trade embargo…the ‘Fargo’ in my cargo…? The ‘Bay of Pigs’…will you understand the gigs…? The ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’…what was this Tri-fit…? The military games…were these substances in flames…? For a superpower war…or the everlasting scars…? Of suppression, political persecution…migration, and interventions… In Angola, and Ethiopia…from Nicaragua to North Africa… To the Congo…to some say; ‘Jah Mek Yah’…? Cooperation with Russia…was this the real crusher…? The mid-eighties…the beginning of their ending gaiety’s…? The dissolving of the Soviet Union…continuation of the country’s isolations… Reduced rations…the new fashion… Unpainted buildings…now the in-thing… Old vehicles with limited repairs…any scares…? Lack of electricity…did it colour the ethnicity…? A country on the verge…is there a new urge…? Tourist attraction…one logical concoction… Amidst the flow…of system many Cubans know… The US now attests…it is in the country’s interest… Cuba has withstood the test…put the embargo to rest…?
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