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I am fortunate. For instance my house and shop cost me a little over three hundred dollars….” “Three hundred dollars?” Dennis asked shocked. “Yes. In Cuba if you can afford to buy a house you buy it from the government. When you want to sell your house you sell it back to the government and they give you what you paid for it.” “Oh I see and of course the extra you’ve made in profit.” “No senor. You are not allowed to make money from the government. You only get back what you paid. Is this not the same in your country?” “No definitely not. Many people have become very rich from property trading.” “It is not so here. When I or my wife sell our house we will only get back what I paid. Did you know that Fidel Castro in 1960 forced all private property and foreign businesses to be nationalised, all banks, sugar and oil refineries.
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