Living there as a foreigner who can leave anytime is quite a different thing to being a subject of the regime.
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Living there as a foreigner who can leave anytime is quite a different thing to being a subject of the regime.
Still not the place to go. I would go to Costa Rica all day. I've been to Cuba during my military days, plus lived about 90 miles from there for several years and watched boats float up constantly. Not somewhere that tourists would really want to go, nor are they really welcome.
Well, I speak Spanish and know several Cubans living here in Prague, plus some others in Madrid. From what I was told, Cuba sort of depends on tourism, even though it didn't handle covid aftermath as good as other Carribean countries (see Reuters article for instance). True, I know those who fled years, or even decades ago, not the people who stayed.
Besides, Czech experts on Cuba advocate against spending holiday there as it would only fund the government and not help the people at all (here in Czech, I guess a translator could make it understandable though). Not only Czechs spend their vacation on Cuba, it's a common destination for many people.
I can see people living from their Hive revenue there as expats - the main island is large, you can roam it for months posting regularly about places you visit. There's amazing nature, grand history, and obviously the 1960's vibe. Besides, it is one of the cheapest places to live. Like Venezuela, perhpas Costa Rica despite its name (literally Rich Coast)... I don't know anyone from Costa Rica though.
I'll let you think what you want from Europe... Again, I have been there, seen it, and experienced many people that would never want to go back, so I will go on that experience. I lived in the Florida Keys for a good chunk of my life which has turned into little Cuba because of the refugees that come up and take all of our jobs and work for cheaper than we as US citizens can afford to work for. They make some good food and coffee though.