2007-03-20 14:05:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
1) Real Estate prices in Cuba go up thousands of percents
2) Castro's successor makes peace with the U.S.
3) U.S. corporations go down there in droves
4) Casino gambling and prostitution become bigger than ever
5) Thousands of Cubans still try to leave the island for the U.S.
6) Thousands of Cubans living in exile return to their native land.
7) American airline carriers immediately begin flights to Cuba
8) Previously nationalized industries will be bought up by well-placed members in Cuban government, making them instant millionaires and billionaires, just as happened in
Russia.
9) There will be huge celebrations in Cuba and Miami
10) Hundreds of millions of dollars in the Cuban treasury will mysteriously disappear overnight
11) Certain unsavory Cubans in the government will flee to Venezuela.
2007-03-20 14:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One would suppose that the Cuban government is prepared but only in the limited sense that it is ready to designate some successor, or a cabal of successors acting collegially, to inherit Fidel’s monopoly of power. The U.S. government is distinctly not prepared for that. It favors, and is doing what it can, to bring about a sharper break with the existing political system. A soft landing is conceivable. But the higher probability is that Castro’s departure will let loose a storm of unforeseeable consequences for which neither government is ready. The risk of conflict and confrontation is all too serious. The only thing we can be certain of is that the future in this instance will not be surprise-free. There are lessons here from the post-communist experience in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. When a long-embedded socialist system loses its grip—and, as Ra�l Castro has admitted, there will never be another Fidel—a smooth and easy transition to market-oriented democratic institutions is not inevitable.
2007-03-20 14:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Johnny Mek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate to burst your bubble, but the old scoundrel is getting ready to run for office, again!
I would bet that Hugo Chavez is just chomping at the bit over the fact that Fidel seems to be getting better. I believe that Hugo was thinking that he could just walk in and take Cuba away from Raul, when Fidel died ! Surprise ! The old fart is back, hell, he'll probably out live that diminutive fat body, Hugo, anyway !
2007-03-20 14:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An American equity firm would buy Cohiba and start selling the Cuban made cigars in America and make a fortune.
2007-03-20 14:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing! His brother would take over and that would be that.
Unless of course Cowboy Bush decides now is good time to "free" the Cuban people!
2007-03-20 14:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by Debra H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be a big party in Florida and Miami would probably be burned to the ground. That day is coming soon.
2007-03-20 14:14:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mike's D One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
his brother would replace him and probably very little would change; his brother has already exspressed several times that he shares many of the same sentiments as Fidel
2007-03-20 14:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by f0876and1_2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuban people will lost a great leader.
Jew in florida want their house / manson back
2007-03-20 14:10:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope,,,,,,
A mass exodus of Cubans to the USA,
Hundreds of thousands.
2007-03-20 14:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Property values in Miami would go up...
2007-03-20 14:16:10 · answer #10 · answered by data_disaster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋