>The tobacco trade is analogous to the oil trade. It is a form of colonial
>domination. That has not changed over the centuries. Prime land in Honduras
>is used to grow tobacco for cigars, while peasants are pushed into the
>margins.
And what exactly is that makes Cuba's tobacco different? In deciding whether using "prime land" for tobacco is good or bad, the political regime (which only defines who gets the revenues) is quite irrelevant.
Enzo