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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Dollar gnaws at
Cuba's marvellous revolution Giles Tremlett in www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jul/22/cuba.gilestremlett [accessed 6 May
2011] On a An American writer
visits Cuba Emory King www.belize.com/cubatrip.html [accessed 6 May
2011] [accessed 28
November 2016] At the 450 year-old
Cathedral of San Cristobal, I was accosted by the street children. There was
a half dozen of them. None was ragged and none looked underfed. One 10
year-old wanted me to give him my pen, "for my schoolwork." He
talked English. A little girl asked for a Tropi-cola,
the Cuban equivalent of coke. A more enterprising child wanted to sell me
cigars "my mama makes." It was touching but I maintained a hard
heart and walked on. They didn't seem to mind. They continued their game of
tag on the cobbled stone street. ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61723.htm [accessed 7 February
2020] CHILDREN
- Police
officers who found children loitering in the streets or begging from tourists
frequently intervened and tried to find the parents. If a child was found
bothering tourists more than once, police frequently fined the child's
parents. During their summer vacation, students were pressured to enlist for
up to a week of "volunteer labor" at work camps in rural areas. Rick Smith,
Dissident Voice, August 29th, 2008 dissidentvoice.org/2008/08/cuba-and-the-struggle-for-survival-part-2/ [accessed 6 May
2011] Around the world
there are about 100 million street children. In Cuba, one sees no street
children. Half of the world’s more than a billion people living in severe
poverty are children. In Cuba, there is a major investment in children; so
again, one would be hard pressed to find any Cuban children suffering under
conditions of extreme poverty. 90 million children in Latin America live in
poverty. 200 million children around the world lack access to basic health
care. Cuban children have access to health care. There are about 115 million
children around the world of primary school age who are not in school, and
who will probably remain illiterate. Cuba has a 100% literacy rate, and
virtually all Cuban children attend schools that produce what some consider
the best education in the hemisphere at the elementary level. Destination Cuba child-hood.com,
Country information: www.child-hood.com/index.php?id=712&type=6&type=6 [accessed 6 May
2011] COMMERCIAL SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TOURISM - Expanding tourism, together with other
factors, has led to a growth of the leisure infrastructure. In connection
with this, there has also been a growth of prostitution and cases of
trafficking in humans, promoted by the difficult economic situation of the
country since 1990. Every day, new children are driven into prostitution, in
order to earn something to contribute to the survival of their family. Many
street children are abducted and subsequently become victims of commercial
sexual exploitation. In their desperation, some fall for promises of
well-paid jobs in the towns and cities. In recent years, the number of
children in the towns and cities that are being sexually exploited has
increased markedly. The press reports of cases in which foreign tourists have
particularly asked for children below the age of 14. Beyond
Tourism Katherine Guckenberger, Duke Magazine Volume 88, No.5, July-August
2002 -- Archive Edition www.dukemagazine.duke.edu/dukemag/issues/070802/depreg.html [accessed 6 May
2011] dukemagazine.duke.edu/article/duke-mag-beyond-tourism-julaug-2002 [accessed 28 November
2016] Any disconsolation
a tourist might feel for the dilapidated state of the capital must also come
to terms with the more disturbing evidence of Cuba's great social problems
and inconsistencies, some wacky and some simply woeful. Viewpoint - *Cuban
Children Spared The Misery Of Youngsters Around The World Radio www.radiohc.org/Distributions/Radio_Havana_English/.2001/2001_jan/Radio_Havana_Cuba-05_January_2001 [accessed 19
September 2011] [scroll down] In All
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