If you think Cuba under Batista was a brothel, try taking a walk through any major Cuban City or town today.From the Malecon in Habana, to Delores Park in Santiago de Cuba, to the main square of the City of Santa Clara, hundreds and thousands of prostitutes. On my last visit to Cuba, while eating late at night on the main square of Santa Clara in central Cuba, three women and a few men  propositioned me explicity for sex, for either cash or my blue jeans. 

 Wall to Wall prostitution, and those not engaging in prostitution are more than delighted to date a tourist, the hope being to get out of their socialist paradise. And just like everywhere else....Cubans are not resorting to prostitution because its fun...its to pay the bills.

Im sure those delusional Castro lovers will not believe this. But its true. And unlike Canada, where we provide social supports to prostitutes, and encourage work alternatives, in Cuba the prostitutes pay bribes, or get thrown in jail, or both.