Tens of thousands of young Cubans are still fully signed up members of the Union of Young Communists, the party's youth wing.
Cuba has been led by Fidel and now Raul for 50 years
One of them is 21-year-old waiter Alberto.
"We don't want capitalism here, we want socialism," he says
"I want to fight to maintain the revolution. Fidel is our star. He's our leader. He's amazing - I think he's the best man in the world that's ever been, like Caesar or Napoleon only better."
Like everyone here, he proudly points to Cuba's health and education systems. But he too wants to see economic reforms.
He is hoping Raul Castro will move Cuba towards a Chinese or Vietnamese model with the Communist Party maintaining control, but allowing free market reforms.
Blogger's note: Cuban Hip Hop is very prevalent. A country that has exported types of Latin music considered classics within that world. Here is something to consider: the beats are jammin', the orientation and look is similar but the lyrics? all political!
http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/review0... This link is to the Master Promoter Ralph Mercado--
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 at 5:51PM
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