Venezuela and Cuba

Parrot diplomacy


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Excellent article... if it weren't for the fact that Cubans have suffered so much with Mr. Castro's dictatorship, this would be the funniest article.

Anton Lebedev

It is interesting, how such a banal thing as animals swap - but between Cuba and Venezuela - can yield such caustic comments =)


Trading Castro for Chavez wont make any difference at all, it is the same product with a different name.We can not accuse the Cubans because the total dependence of their economic to a foreign help. We can not forget that the government is a TOTAL dictatorship and because of this they are unable to decide the paths in which the country walks into.


…meanwhile, at The British Museum, final resting place for anything and everything the British plundered from every land they set foot on, the experts are lobbying the Members of Parliament not to approve a bill that would repatriate all goods claimed by their home nations’ museums. For, should this ever actually occur, the only items on display at the BM would be old reels of The Benny Hill Show, and Betamax copies of Dr. Who: the black and white years.


Boy, this is what you call "grasping at straws." The Economist is just looking for any way to trash governments it doesn't like. Very weak, lads. Very weak.

Berend Mondriaan

Sorry to say this Economist, but this is not a joke anymore, you cannot just go around and insult people like that. This
is not respectful. The silly season hasn't even started yet!


Heck. I heard The White House is housing a chimp. Rumor has it the chimp will be relocated to a ranch in TX next Jan.

Sincere Man

I don't consider these facts a reason for such sarcasm! Sincerely speaking, I think The Economist has just lost a good opportunity to shut up!


Cuba is an unique museum, showing how is life under the last comunist regime in the west, along with US antiques from the 50s.


Both the oil industry and the exotic animal industry are making money off of the current and future suffering of our world.


If you're really a fan of zoos, then don't miss out on a visit to Congress on your next Venezuelan visit.



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