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Canadian tourists trapped in Cuba

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From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation via Babalublog

Hundreds of Canadian tourists who were foolish enough to travel to Castrogonia in search of a dream holiday in the midst of one of the worst pandemics since the Black Death are now facing financial ruin.

Castro, Inc. lured them to the island — along with countless other fools– promising a plague-free environment,

But when it became all too evident that the plague was hitting Cuba hard, thanks to the infected tourists who flocked there, Castro, Inc. slammed the door shut on all foreigners and quarantined them in its apartheid hotels and resorts, charging them FULL price for their accommodations.

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Kimberley Bradley, 50, is waiting for an emergency loan from the federal government to pay her hotel bill in Cuba

Cash-strapped and stranded abroad, hundreds of Canadians are waiting for an emergency loan from the federal government because they need money to pay for hotels or book flights.

The Canadian government has paid out $1.8 million in loans to 525 recipients through the COVID-19 Emergency Loan Program for Canadians Abroad. It is currently processing another 800 loan applications, according to Global Affairs Canada.

The repayable loan of up to $5,000 is intended to cover flights back to Canada, or basic expenses, such as hotels and food, until citizens can return home. There are currently 391,451 Canadians signed up to the Registration of Canadians Abroad.

Kimberley Bradley, 50, of Pembroke, Ont., says she needs the emergency loan to cover her hotel bill in Varadero, Cuba. She's been forced into quarantine with hundreds of other travelers and only has enough cash to cover four more nights, she said.

"People have run out out of money. They're waiting on emergency loans, begging the hotels to wait," she said. "I have no room left on my credit card."

Bradley said she has booked three different commercial flights out of Cuba in the past 10 days, each paid for on her credit card, but they've all been cancelled. Each time, she received credit for future travel but no refund.


Some people will never learn. Cuba is not a theme park located in the Caribbean.

They wanted to visit socialism; they're now experiencing real socialism!


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Margaret wrote:Oh, how bourgeois.

Can these people recover financially from Cuban Health Care?

The mythical horned rodent thought paying for your own prison cell was designated a privilege in Bernie and Trudeau's World.

What's the problem?

Is the mythical horned rodent the only one not on crazy pills around here, or whut?

The banality of life is so challenging today.

staying alone...all by herself,
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And being from Canukistan, they'll clean up their own litter, and apologize for any inconvenience caused by getting sick while on holiday in their fair island getaway...

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I thought everything was free in Coooba -

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Perplexed

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Ivan the Stakhanovets wrote:And being from Canukistan, they'll [highlight=#ffff00]clean up their own litter[/highlight], and apologize for any inconvenience caused by getting sick while on holiday in their fair island getaway...
It is good to know that enlightened Cuban prisons resorts supply litter boxes for their guests. No toilet paper required.


 
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