<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Just as a matter of curiosity, what, in your view, would constitute<BR>acceptable "proof, evidence" of anything about Cuba that is not in<BR>accordance with your idea of it? In other words, are your views on<BR>Cuba falsifiable at all or are they an article of religious faith?<BR>Conversely, what "proof, evidence" is your view of Cuba based on other<BR>than the data given out by its not particularly transparent<BR>government?<BR><BR>Sujeet</DIV> <DIV>Comment: First of all, it is kind of crude and rude to assume that I wouldn't accept "anything about Cuba that is not in accordance with my idea of it". I hope that this kind of mind reading of others is not a permanent habit of yours.<BR>Now , as a self proclaimed Popperian and as a rare 21c  believer in "falsifiablity", you should know that journalistic subjective reports are by definition "unfalsifiable", therefore they are impressionistic items that constitute proof or evidence of nothing.</DIV> <DIV>This is not case either,  of "science vs religious faith" as you solemnly proclaim .And to answer your main question, besides Reuters articles,  there is a wealth of data on the Cuban economy from the UNDP, FAO, the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), the Inter American Development Bank and even the World Bank. In addition,  a large number of Development Studies Centers in various universities in the world have published a rich variety of studies and papers on the Cuban Economy. I certainly, invite you to examine them and be a good Popperian by falsifying Reuters. As your Karl said, : "the proof of the pudding is in eating it."</DIV> <DIV>Cristobal Senior</DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>