Ruben Gonzalez Playing Solo in the Cuban Gymnasium

Ruben Gonzalez jammintg in the Gumnasium practicing the basics.

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[londonscot1]

A brilliant musician, sadly no longer with us.

It's worth noting that Ry Cooder, the US producer, was recently fined $100,000 and banned from working in Cuba, thanks to the US embargo.

Apparently elderly Cuban musicians are a threat to US national security.

[problemchimp2]

beautiful music, beautiful country, beautiful people.

[TheMambavenom]

The American government is paranoid!!

[TheGothAvenger]

@londonscot1

BTW will add re the Israel comment, I am not anti semetic in any way whatsoever, more anti Zionist.

[TheGothAvenger]

@londonscot1

I hope you are right, I really do, and I hope that same applies to Israel.

[londonscot1]

@TheGothAvenger - Fortunately, times have changed. It's no longer the 1950s and the USA can no longer throw its weight around with such reckless disregard for global opinion.

[TheGothAvenger]

@londonscot1

Well, you know, when Soviet Union helped us the U.S. stayed away, but of course they interfered in Chile, Grenada (without telling Thatcher), Nicaragua and countless other countries.

Isn't the USA big enough without wanting other countries endlessly ?

[londonscot1]

@TheGothAvenger - I sincerely hope that your dire prediction - wholly understandable given US historical precedent - does not come to pass and that Cuba remains an independent sovereign state.

[TheGothAvenger]

@londonscot1

Expect an invasion pretty soon then, the U.S. seems to want to own all the worlds oil reserves.

Sigh...

[londonscot1]

@TheGothAvenger - I couldn't agree more. Canada has oil corporations that can participate in Cuba's quite sizeable oil reserves (there was an article on the BBC website in November 2011 on this very subject). US oil corporations currently cannot do so, because of the politically-motivated US blockade; but no doubt they will be lobbying their friends in Washington to obtain a "carve-out" similar to the very limited ones that allow some US food and medicine to be exported to Cuba.

[TheGothAvenger]

@londonscot1

The USA's loss, in possible trade and world respect is lost then because of a vocal minority, probably with vested interests, whilst the majority of Americans/UN vote say otherwise. It becomes Canada's gain since they DO trade and have very good relations with Cuba, as does Western Europe.



[londonscot1]

@TheGothAvenger - I agree. It is sad because it now appears that a majority of Americans are in favour of lifting the US embargo against Cuba but a determined minority of hardcore Cuban-Americans, led by a senator in Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is actually RELATED to the Castro family (via Fidel's first, dissolved marriage), is hellbent on enforcing it. Even though the annual UN vote once again showed that the vast majority of world opinion is against the USA......