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Dec 11, 2020RioCaliente rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
"Next Year in Havana" provides a totally one-sided view of the 1959 Cuban revolution, from the point of view of the ultra-wealthy who exploited the Cuban people and then chose to leave when it became apparent that their hold on the economy was lost. There is no mention of the hardships the Cuban people suffered under the rule of the wealthy pre-Castro; only lamentations about the aftermath of the Revolution, and no focus on the devastating effects of the US embargo or the positive accomplishments under Castro, including education and health care. Life in the US is extolled but no mention is made of the severe inequality that we suffer here as well -- not everyone has the freedom to be all that they can be -- many Americans lack a decent education, housing, health care. This book is an anti-Castro fantasy by the child of Cuban exiles and should not be read as anything else.