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guajira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-05 08:48 AM
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Execs Have Eyes on Cuba (Vulture Alert)
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Edited on Thu Oct-13-05 08:49 AM by guajira
U.S. vultures can't wait to turn Cuba into a hell-hole like Miami.

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Sergio Pino, a leading home builder in South Florida, said he was ready to expand his operations into Cuba once Castro was gone. He said his company, Century Homebuilders, and Lennar, a national builder based in Miami, are even helping draft building codes that could go into place once Cuba becomes an open market.

''I dream about the moment when I can go back and help my Cuban family and help my Cuban brothers rebuild Cuba,'' the Cuban-born Pino said.

But American investors, barred by U.S. law by doing business in Cuba, would face competition there from foreign companies already operating there, particularly those from Canada and Europe. Asked by an audience member what effect that competition would have on U.S. businesses, Pino said he hoped a post-Castro government would punish those doing business with the old regime.

''Those Europeans and Canadians invested in a country that doesn't care about their people,'' he said.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12887418.htm
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