| Rancid – Radio Havana Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think this song might be about communism on Cuba and that it might be considered anti-communist. The friend with the leather skin and the velvet voice might also refer to Castro, as he is widely known for his long speeches. However I must strongly disagree with you're opinion on the time before Castro. Of course Castro made it's mistakes, but before that under Batista Cuba was no paradise. Maybe you're parents were on good terms with the dictator Batista, might explain why they were well off. Havana was indeed a good place to be for a lot of people, especially American tourists. However, behind the whore house for the Americans Batista made of Havana there was a lot of poverty, especially with the sugar farmers in rural Cuba. Literacy also was low in that times. Castro at least made Cuba more fair for the many poor Cubans. The only thing he might have done wrong was being not tough enough on the few rich exploiters who kept the big majority of Cubans poor. |
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