Talk:The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

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I recommend seeing this documentary. It has many useful concepts that we can apply here in the U.S. I visited Cuba in 2003 and was saddened to hear about their struggles but amazed to see what they have overcome. They have done so much with so little. I walked the streets freely, took the cabs and talked with young people and old. The fact that I am Puerto Rican and spoke the language helped me to avoid being treated like a typical tourist that stood out so I beleive a lot (not all I am sure) I was told was pretty sincere. It was a great experience I woould recommend to anyone once our adminitration loosens the travel blocks. I went legally on an educational visa as an interpreter. Marisol1960 09:47, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

A very interesting article, but one that might benefit from separation into two - one for the film (under the title for the film), and another that is less restricted and brings in other sources - perhaps under the heading of Peak oil in Cuba? Gralo 15:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Merged that article with Special Period. NJGW (talk) 16:17, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for that suggestion. I am learning how to use Wikipedia and will be adding photos and seeing how else to get information on this documentary to be more accessible by linking it and posting it as you suggested.Marisol1960

I am totally sure that Cuba has NOT 11% of the population of Latin America. Its population estimates for 2006 (in its Wikipedia article) are roughly 11 million people. The Latin American population (also in its Wikipedia article) is around 548 million people. This gives Cuba only 2% of the Latin American population. I certainly have heard Cuba has a lot of doctors, but I don't dare to correct the phrase, keeping the percentage of latinoamerican doctors in Cuba at 12%.--Ciroa 22:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Cuba != America. Cuba is a Communist country; we capitalist democrats need to find a capitalist democrat way to deal with Peak Oil. 204.52.215.107 (talk) 19:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)