Why have US governments hated Cubans?
608453
They don't hate Cubans, just Castro. He took over and seized property from all of the US businesses and aided the Russians during the Cold War, letting them put nuclear missiles on Cuba, which wasn't exactly a very friendly gesture.
591556
More than anything else, I think it started out of embarassment. When Fidel Castro came out of nowhere to lead his people against a very corrupt regieme led by Bautista, it was like he was a Latino John Kennedy. We welcomed him here in the US. The problem was, of course, that much of the corruption was tied up with the American Mafia and gambling cartels. They did not take very well to being kicked out of Cuba. \n\nThen there was Fidel's Socialist leanings. He was a man of the people, right? He and Che Gueverra saw themselves as liberators. The revolution would not be confined to just Cuba but might well be exported to all the corrupt North American dominated regimes. The US could not stomach that. Trade started getting "difficult."\n\nFidel appealed to a nation very interested in establishing a Western Hemisphere base of influence, the Soviet Union. This was the era of a very hot "Cold War" with Nikita Khruchov taking off his shoe and banging it on the desk in the UN threatening the US with "We will bury you!" The Soviet Union even went so far as to send guided missiles to Cuba. John Kennedy was President at the time. It seemed as though the US and the Soviet Union were going to nuclear war over Cuba. The Soviets withdrew their missiles.\n\nFidel stayed on. The US took in Cubano refugees. Some of them launched attempts to topple Fidel's government. The CIA may have even tried to assassinate him.  There were rumors that Cuba was behind the JFK assassination plot.\n\nSo, Cuba has remained only 80 miles off the Florida shores. And the US still has a base there where the prisoners from the latest war are kept. Strange, huh? Yet, we still do not trade with them.
963235
Cuba was very much a  playground for wealthy foreigners and run by the mafia. Castro kicked them out and gave Cuba an excellent health and education programme. For many Cubans he has been a huge success. He has been very badly treated by America who have tried to destroy the country by trade embargoes. This has failed -and should have stopped long ago.
414173
I don't hate americans, but i really hate american's government. Reasons :\nI can't type it, there is too much reasons why i hate us gov. I just hope that one day, one country send a nuclear bomb that can destroy the whole USA. They deserved it for what they've done to Iraq, Afganishtan, and for all conspiracy that they planned to be the ruler of the world from a long time ago.
419961
I went to war over U commie bastards , Why dont U go to Cuba with that A-s hole Castro.Share my a-s most of UR freedoms R taken away , and the goverment will tell U how to think.Eat Me !
681658
The U.S. (so the politicians believe) cannot afford NOT to be friendly to China - a huge emerging market, producers of low-cost consumer products, etc.  So even though the Chinese are just as anti-democratic as the Cubans, even though the Chinese undoubtedly have a more horrific human rights record than Castro's Cuba, even though they meddle and interfere with Bush's interests in Central Asia, we give them a pass because we need China as much as China needs us.\n\nCuba, on the other hand, has very little to offer economically.  So we can afford to play the bully, to assert our Monroe Doctrine dominance over the hemisphere and freeze out the Cubans in the hopes that Castro (or, more likely, the guy who comes after him) will fall from power and we can go back to making Cuba the pro-U.S. cheap-sugar-and-smokes satellite that it was for decades.
675480
Ha, ha, I'd pay to see an American president admit America was wrong over Cuba. The US will continue to be a baby and never admit they were wrong...how un-American!
23596
They do not dislike the US.  They dislike some of our policies that they perceive is not in their favor.
646338
Criticism against the USA comes from many many sources.  e.g. people who don't like freedom of religion, people who\ndon't like a free economy, people who don't like freedom\nof the press, people who are jealous the rich and/or those\nwho would like to be rich, etc.  Lord knows, the USA has made alot of mistakes, but we still have freedoms the rest\nor the world would love to have.
302722
I have been to Cuba and am not American.  Ignore any misinformation you see about Cuba from the American government.\n\nBasically, in the 1920s-1950s Cuba was used by America as a sleazy tourist resort where Americans were 1st class citizens and Cubans were treated like cr*p.  \n\nThe revolution kicked America out of Cuba (rightfully) and gave the country back to the Cubans.\n\nThrough Americas ongoing sanctions against Cuba it has become poorer throughout the decades and is a country that seems locked in the 1950s - with 50s style cars, little traffic, minimal material items and food rationing among Cubans.  \n\nSince the 90s, major European countries and Canada have been trading with Cuba and have helped to build up the Cuban economy (slightly) primarily through tourism.  \n\nThe majority of people in Cuba are poor and rely on either cash from outside their country or tourism to survive.  There are no rich people in Cuba, even the politicians lead moderate lives. \n\nThere are few jobs but people have other important aspects to their lives - music for example.  Music plays a big part  in Cuban culture and it is common to hear live music echoing through the streets.\n\nOne of the conflicts in Cuban society now is how to deal with touts becoming rich through tourism.  A dollar is worth a lot of money in Cuba, so you have Doctors working away for maybe $30/month, whereas touts can loiter in tourist areas hassling tourists and easily earn $30/day.   \n\nGenerally though, Cuba is an interesting place to visit and will change massively in the next few years once Castro dies, but if you do visit dont expect it to be ANYTHING like life you know in the US of A.\n\nOh - And yes, Cuba DOES have the Internet!!  Uncensored I may add!
1034629
The Cuban government does NOT bar Americans from visiting Cuba.  In fact, Cuba makes special concessions to American visitors such as not stamping visas in their passports -- which could cause them to be arrested upon return to US soil.\n\nThe US government doesn't acually prohibit American citizens from travelling to Cuba, but it is illegal for Americans to spend money or receive gifts (such as meals or lodging) in Cuba without a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control.  \n\nJFK imposed travel restrictions on Feb 8, 1963 in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.  The restrictions lapsed in 1979 when Jimmy Carter did not renew them.  The current restrictions are codified in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515.
1072582
Cuba is a communist nation. the people get treated right some Cubans want to overthrow the president Fidel Castro because he has been in power for over 43years. They cant have free elections and they are not allowed to talk bad about their president.
361558
As I understand it, the so-called Law of Cuban Adjustment  grants automatic refuge to illegal Cuban immigrants.\n\nTherefore, I have to say that the US Government is promoting it.
118319
Cuba.  I always wanted my own island and I despise marxists
54122
The whole thing is ridiculous and is only because of an almost ancient problem with Castro.  The Cubans themselves should be allowed to be involved.  It's sports, not government.
809356
I read in an article recently that the Cuban revolution was funded by the Soviet Union more than other revolutions in that part of the world.  As a result, they were much better off until recently.\n\nChe Guevara was a great figure of that era.\n\nThe revolutionary government (Castro) was funded by the Soviets, SORRY!  By the way, the CIA was the laughingstock of the world after the Bay of Pigs.  Take what they say with a grain of salt.
1127438
Whatever the reason, it's false The usa has  distorted view of socialism, they are staunch supporters of capitalism They loathe communism to the point of paranoia.But they're not afraid of cuba or anyone else