It really is a tragedy to witness thousands upon thousands of Cubans, mostly young Cubans, exit their beloved country. It has to be an excruciating, heartbreaking decision to have to abandoned family and friends to venture into the unknown. Absolutely, Cubans or Venezuelans are certainly not the first people to have to undertake such scary excursions.
Historically, massive population upheavals have happened throughout history. After WW2 many, many displaced war ravaged penniless peoples have had to exit their beloved countries – Germany, Italy, Russia, and one can go on and on. The amount of suffering they had to endure to find economic freedom one can only imagine. Unfortunately, this type of unimaginable suffering continues unabated today where totalitarian government rulers treat their citizens with disdain and contempt.
What makes the Cuban exodus, and you may as well add in Venezuela in the mix, hard to tolerate is that it does not have to occur. Because of the incompetence, ineptness, intransigence