Title: Hundreds of Mexicans 'Import' Cubans Post by: Michael B on October 26, 2003, 04:00:00 AM [This message has been edited by Michael B]
Cientos de mexicanos 'importan' cubanos a cualquier precio Hundreds of Mexicans are 'importing' Cubans at whatever cost MEXICO Oct. 22 2003 (UPI) Centenares de mexicanos, en su mayoría mujeres, pagan miles de dólares por "importar" cubanos, famosos por sus presuntas artes amatorias y que llegan a México bajo promesa de matrimonio, pero no son pocos los fraudes y desencantos, reveló una investigación periodística. Hundreds of Mexicans, the majority of them women, are paying thousands of dollars to "import" Cubans, famous for their presumed amorous arts and arriving in Mexico under the promise of matromony, but fraud and discontentment aren't rare, reveled the newspaper investigation. According to the Mexican daily The Chronicle, which cited sources in the Mexican embassy in Havana, that in 2002, there were 1019 binational marriages, includying 611 petetions from woman and 408 from men,
The marriages between foreigners and Cubans increased since begenning in 1990, when the government of Fidel Castro saw in tourism the key to 'jump starting' the ecconomy of the country.
Immediatly, the Cubans saw an opportunity in the love (affairs) with tourists. Above all they began to consider the dangers of escaping on fragile rafts. The United States releases 20,000 visas each year, but the Cuban demand is threefold.
The Mexican daily cited the former secretery of the Mexican embassy on the island, Gilberto Calderon, author of diverse essays about Cuban sexuality. "The Cubans are attractive for all the foreigners because they are of all races", explained Calderon, after pointing out the island is a magnet for Europeans looking for negros or mulatos, the Mexicans for whites or blonds. "Aparently they are all very sensual".
Many foreigners, he continued, "Go to Cuba in the hope of finding a partner very eaisly". The varriety ranges from the very young to the ones considered physicaly attractive. "The Cubans capitalize (on) this need". México exige tres mil dólares de depósito en caso de que el invitado no sea padre, madre, hijo o hermano de quien invita, dijo la fuente. Mexico extracts a three thousand dollar bond in the case of the invited one is not the parent, child or sibling of the inviting one, said the source. |