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another thing commonplace in cuba is periodical upgrading of your old appliances. this goes for everything in your house from washing machines, dish washer, refrigerator, even your TV!!!
so once they are able to get a big shipment cheap of a certain appliance they buy in bulk and then whoever's turn it is to get the upgrade, they fill up a truck, park it outside, and everyone has to pull out their old TV and get a new one.
and this is all free, of course.
but if you go to cuba the cubans will complain that the TVs are 5 years old model so they arent satisfied...!!!! fucking cubans....let me have your country please, and you idiots go live in america and starve ok? sounds good? thanks...
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efraim_cenouraat 10:55 on March 14th, 2008
due to US blockade on cuba, especially its strengthening with the bush administration, electricity was an increasing issue as population rised but resources in the country of course dwindled. it is truly incredible to see first hand how well the cuban people handle this, though many of them complain quite alot (its in their latino culture), it is always amazing to see how well cuba endures and righteous community/communism functions to make a small island with 11 million people prosper at such an amazing level, completely self sufficiently without the reliance or exploitation of any foreign resources.
as far as computers - many cubans do have computers in fact, as an example one of the families i live with in santiago has 2 which we often played games against eachother on ;-) and in fact the computer gaming is as popular as in most of latin america (ie: its quite popular nowadays). buying computer parts can be difficult but they have been available, limitedly, in stores for many years.
certain digital/electronic devices, such as super big stereos, are gotten only with a bit of trouble, having to apply for them, and usually only being allowed for casa culturales, public show groups or some such (ie: people running big stereos or any big appliances requiring lots of electricy, for their own private use at home, is limited so as to allow enough electricity for everyone).
viva la humanismo!