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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx</link><description>By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief 
Cuba’s southern Isle of Youth was battered by two powerful hurricanes last summer, including Gustav, the worst storm to hit here in 50 years.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Gustav, a Category 4 hurricane, packed 140 mph winds</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840767</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:05:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840767</guid><dc:creator>Truth</dc:creator><description>Is this article P.R. for a 50-year-old dictatorship? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How about trying to put in ink the lives of political prisoners and their inhumane conditions?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How about the destructuion of the island including its natural resources by a contamination second to none?</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840774</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:12:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840774</guid><dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator><description>I've done some diving off of Cuba. &amp;nbsp;It was nice, but far from &amp;quot;one of the best places in the world&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;Healthy reef but not too much in terms of fish density and large pelagic species.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840780</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:20:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840780</guid><dc:creator>bruce green Honolulu,Hi</dc:creator><description>But we as Americans are not allowed by Big Brother, acting on the wishes of the Nuts in Cuba &amp;nbsp;to see this,&lt;br&gt;or to g0ooo there.Freedom American style.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840830</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:09:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840830</guid><dc:creator>farmers toys</dc:creator><description>Thats great we can't buy a bag of sugar from Cuba&lt;br&gt;Communism you know, but we can buy cheap Chinese Communist CRAP&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BUY AMERICAN</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840840</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:17:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840840</guid><dc:creator>Bob Sprague, Cocoa FL</dc:creator><description>The Cubanophiles trying to promote some breathing room for the Castro Dictatorship so that the US will reverse its human rights ethic and re-establish diplomatic and economic relations. &amp;nbsp;This is truly pathetic. &amp;nbsp;How can anyone enjoy Cuba's &amp;quot;beauty&amp;quot; while its people cannot choose their own leaders. &amp;nbsp;Anyone with scruples would stay away from this abomination until the island is rid of the Castro Gang....</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840858</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:34:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840858</guid><dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator><description>I think this story is false. &amp;nbsp;Clearly these things are being eroded away with global warming. &amp;nbsp;But this story suggests that is not the case.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840868</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:44:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840868</guid><dc:creator>Louise Korade</dc:creator><description>The video was gorgeous! Thanks for the rare opportunity to observe sea life from the divers' point of view. </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840872</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:48:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840872</guid><dc:creator>Bill Donoho</dc:creator><description>Would absolutely love to go to Cuba and Dive the area. But due to the echonomical Santions, Americans are not allowed to travel to Cuba.... But I would love to!</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840965</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:53:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840965</guid><dc:creator>Thomas Duncan Nichols PhD. MD</dc:creator><description>Gone. &amp;nbsp;The Isle of Pines subspecies of Amazona lueucocephala. &amp;nbsp;Tom Nichols in Houston</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1840993</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:18:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1840993</guid><dc:creator>Mark Forni  Las Cruces, N.M.</dc:creator><description>More people only means destruction for the reefs. Some things are apreciated and respected more when left alone.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841013</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:52:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841013</guid><dc:creator>Mack Marks, Park City, Utah</dc:creator><description>Is this a joke? The ridiculous US &amp;quot;embargo&amp;quot; prevents those of us normal folks from going to Cuba!</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841014</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:54:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841014</guid><dc:creator> Rodney Jones</dc:creator><description> The people Cuban people deserve all the good things they can get.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841033</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:28:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841033</guid><dc:creator>William D. Taylor</dc:creator><description>I cannot wait until the politicians agree, and American Citizens can legally visit. Cuba will mushroom to one of the leading tourist spots on Earth!&lt;br&gt;Open up Cuba!</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841034</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:36:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841034</guid><dc:creator>harry s.</dc:creator><description>simply beautiful &amp;nbsp;i hope one day soon that we will have normal relations with Cuba so i can go diving there..</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841060</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:35:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841060</guid><dc:creator>Garrett, Phoenix, AZ</dc:creator><description>Many, many years ago, when I was a young enlistee in the US Navy, my ship pulled into GITMO for some resupplying and training. During some off time, my friends and I rented some masks, snorkles, and fins, and decided to go in an adventure. First we wrnt to the US-owned beach and proceeded to climb the cliffs on one side of the beach. We saw huge rodents scurrying amungst the rocks and many iguanas bobbing their heads and basking in the sun. We climbed down the other side of the cliff into a small, protected circle of water that was shielded from the waves by several large rock formations just off shore. We put on our snorkling stuff and began exploring the world under the waves. It was truly amazing! We swam through corral canyons and forests of fan corral. The variety of brightly colored fish was right out of a scuba enthusiast's best dream. I did, however, get a bit nervous when a baracuda was matching my glide just a few yards below me. We stayed in the water so long - awe-struck by the unimaginable beauty - that we all had severe sunburn on our backs when we finally returned to the beach. 22 years later, it is still one of my favorite underwater experiences.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841073</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:09:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841073</guid><dc:creator>howard hofelich</dc:creator><description>One of the benefits of NOT having the UNITED STATES (being your ally) and bring in development is that you exclude the incipient human greed that devastates the resources that nature provides. &amp;nbsp;In my lifetime, I watched them devastate Florida, California and Hawaii. I moved to Hawaii in 75 (Kona Coast), and in just 20 years I watched the lush coral growth, the invertebrates and even the tropical fish disappear, all because of regulated strong armed &amp;nbsp;greed, where favorite sons were allowed to just take and take and take. Im fed up. I wish to visit the Isle of Pines one day. I used to dream about what a wonderful place than must be to dive, even in grade school..if the Cubans are smart they will keep the USA and our MAFIA style of government/business OUT. Don not let them bring their golf courses, and garbage dumps and sun tan oil and wrinkeld old ladies, just keep them out. We destroy everything we touch.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841094</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:15:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841094</guid><dc:creator>Al Cooper  Yuma, Arizona</dc:creator><description>Cuba was the main point of exit for all the hordes of treasures, spices, trinkets and rare items new to the old world, all ships from the Pacific came to Panama across the isthmus to Porto Bello and sent on large fleets for protection to Cuba thence to Spain. &amp;nbsp;The seas, pirates and bad weather (hurricanes) left about 2/3rds of the treasure at the bottom of the sea, yet to be discovered. &amp;nbsp;Cuba a main embarcation point to Spain. &amp;nbsp;The secret for the visible prints is knowledge of how to discover the prizes. &amp;nbsp;The best bet is the archives in Spain, Havana, Quito, Lima or Santiago. The Spanish kept very accurate records, once in a while they were off but not often.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841096</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:24:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841096</guid><dc:creator>jim golby   calgary alta canada</dc:creator><description>to bad more americans don`t visit Cuba. I have been there many times and really enjoy the country and especially the people.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841106</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:21:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841106</guid><dc:creator>AnaHadWolves, New York City</dc:creator><description>But, of course, in it's continuing short-sightedness, aided and abetted by the exile Cubanos in Miami, the United States prohibits and penalizes any Americans who might like to see the reef in person. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Perhaps when these lunkheads die, their more amenable descendants will finally make peace with the Cuban people and we will, once again, be able to travel there unfettered.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841109</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:39:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841109</guid><dc:creator>Aldo Suarez, Madrid, Spain</dc:creator><description>no no no, some americans get it wrong all the time with Cuba... the worst event of any kind to ever hit Cuba is called Fidel Castro, and while some are thinking of tourism I hope they visit the concentration camps and torture chambers...</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841112</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:22:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841112</guid><dc:creator>Gianni Ettore Brisbane Qld  Australia</dc:creator><description>I wish I could visit your land. I do speak the language, but I am so far away, in Australia. But nobody knows the future, I might still make in spite of my &amp;quot;mature&amp;quot;age&lt;br&gt;Hasta la vistaGianni&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841130</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:19:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841130</guid><dc:creator>Grantham NH</dc:creator><description>Its so damn stupid we cant vistit there. Japan-Vietnam-china-Russa are all our friends now why not Cuba!</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841168</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:19:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841168</guid><dc:creator>EDDY MIAMI FL</dc:creator><description>WHEN THE CASTRO'S LEAVE, THEN I WILL GO AND DIVE </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841214</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:13:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841214</guid><dc:creator>R. Orlandi</dc:creator><description>Nice, a few minutes worth of video showing a reef in fair condition but also with algae growth &amp;amp; cloudy water, typical signs of &amp;nbsp;runoff pollution from near shore human activity. Such pollution is largely responsible for the radical decline of the once breathtaking reefs in the Fla Keys. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Follow the video with a few &amp;quot;cheesecake&amp;quot; still shots of marine life (Photoshop anyone?) and call the result an accurate portrayal of &amp;quot;untouched&amp;quot; coral reefs. What is this,a promo video for Cuban tourism? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Instead of painting a fantasy picture why not use the opportunity to educate the public about not only the beauty of but also the threats faced by coral reef ecosystems and what can be done to conserve them? With 25,000 diver visits per year, chaperoned or not, these reefs need the additional protection of an educated public that understands how very fragile the reefs are, and how much needs to be done to insure water quality and minimize human intrusion. It's too late in so many once breathtaking dive locations that are now wastelands smothered in algae, their corals sickened or dead from numerous diseases (white, yellow and black band, bleaching &amp;amp; others yet un-named)and the physical impacts of careless or greedy divers. Do a better job for the reef next time and when you tell &amp;nbsp;a fairytale about its beauty, also explain its fragility &amp;amp; what people can do to advocate for clean water quality and protection of these irreplaceable resources. </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841419</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:32:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841419</guid><dc:creator>royrodwell,wilmington,northcarolina</dc:creator><description>The tenor of the entire list of comments is appalling. America has been brainwashed for 50 years by the U S government who can't stand the idea that Cuba has resisted American Imperialism so successfully</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841442</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:43:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841442</guid><dc:creator>GK, Balt., MD</dc:creator><description>Technically, we're allowed to travel to Cuba; we can't spend money in Cuba.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bill Donoho - contact the Hershey Foundation in Hershey, PA. &amp;nbsp;They conduct two state-department approved trips annually to Cuba via a U.S. licensed tour operator. &amp;nbsp;Your trip with them would be classified humanitarian, so you'll be bringing donated OTC meds or school supplies. There are some other hoops to jump through and rules to abide by (per our gov't., not Cuba), but it is not difficult.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841469</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:58:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841469</guid><dc:creator>Ciny Lou</dc:creator><description>WHEN THE CASTRO'S LEAVE, THEN I WILL GO AND DIVE &lt;br&gt;EDDY MIAMI FL (Sent Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:19 AM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;---------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;After 50 years of embargo, sanctions and USA restrictations, THE CASTROS ARE STILL THERE. Maybe its time for the politicions and others that cling to this stupid mentality in order to continue to reap benefits give up and admit that IT HAS NOT WORKED.&lt;br&gt;LIFT THE EMBARGO. LET TOURISTS AND THEIR DOLLARS FLOOD THE ISLAND AND THE REGIME WILL WILL TOPPLE ON ITS OWN.&lt;br&gt;The Castros have held on to their power because of the EMBARGO.They blame it for all their failings. Take that away from them and they lose.&lt;br&gt;Of course there could be consequences;some politicians in Florida will lose their platforms and maybe their positions,and tourism to some places in the Caribbean that can't measure up to the potentials in Cuba might suffer.&lt;br&gt;But this pales next to the possiblities that free interaction with Cuba could bring.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841567</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:57:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841567</guid><dc:creator>Mark, Lansing, Michigan</dc:creator><description>US should lift this hypocritical embargo now. &amp;nbsp;And how does a so-called democratic government impose a ban on any subject to go anywhere he or she desires? &amp;nbsp;We are ever closer to the fascists and increasingly untrue to our national foundation.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841621</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:26:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841621</guid><dc:creator>MARIA , MIAMI FLORIDA</dc:creator><description>TO HOWARD HOFELICH ; YOU WRITE LIKE CUBANS IN THE ISLAND, READ ALL THIS, DO YOU KNOW THAT IN CUBA NOBODY HAS INTERNET ACCESS ? THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET INFORMATION FROM OUTSIDE THE BIG PRISION THAT IS CUBA . BUT THE CUBAN ARE VERY SMART, AND FIND THE WAY TO GET USA TV PROGRAMS, BUT ..IS THEY ARE CATCHED , BINGO ! GO TO THE SLAM . MARIA VARADERO</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841662</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:42:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841662</guid><dc:creator>John, Vancouver, Canada</dc:creator><description>Canadians, Germans and most other nations enjoy visiting Cuba and like it to stay as is.We get to build great resorts and love the people. The old cars look better than our new ones. I spoke with a Sandals resort Rep. yesterday who tells me they also have a resort in Cuba. You will also be surprised to know that most people in Cuba like Castro. I think most of Wall Street and the Big 3 auto bosses should be turned over to Castro...he might find a job for them.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841666</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:43:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841666</guid><dc:creator>Mike - St. Louis, MO</dc:creator><description>In reading this, I cannot believe how selfish most people are. &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Why can't I go there! &amp;nbsp;Why can't I dive there? &amp;nbsp;These sanctions are stupid because they cause ME not to be able to do something!&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;How about the Cuban people? &amp;nbsp;They can come to the US if they can &amp;quot;escape&amp;quot; Cuba and make it to our shores. &amp;nbsp;How about Cuba coming into the 21st century and start allowing it's people some freedoms! &amp;nbsp;Hey, go anywhere else in the Caribean and you will find the same type of nature. &amp;nbsp;Get over your &amp;quot;what about my enjoyment&amp;quot; attitudes!</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841764</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:30:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841764</guid><dc:creator>TROY KASSAB</dc:creator><description>i HAVE A FRIEND WHO DOVE CUBA A COUPLE OF TIMES AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. &amp;nbsp;HE WENT WITH A CANADAIAN COMPANY CALLED SCUBACAN OUT OF MEXICO. &amp;nbsp;THEY CHANGED OVER HIS MONEY OR SOMETHING AND AWAY HE WENT, PFFFFFT</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841830</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:57:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841830</guid><dc:creator>David Deming-Philadelphia,Pa.</dc:creator><description>When will the world hold castro responsible for suffering a whole nation of people.Why have we invaded countries other than cuba? They are a threat. A threat that could be dealt with easily, before they knew what was happening. Come on president, shut the castro regime down. Just end it.The U.S has more troops than the entire cuban population. Our families need us.Besides it's such a waste of a beautiful place.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841905</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:37:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841905</guid><dc:creator>Javier</dc:creator><description>Oh boy, there are nut heads out here still, we are talking about fish and oceanic tresure but some lunkheads keep talking about the American democracy, as far as I am concern we are not better if we still having an embargo that onl unishes the people of that beautiful country. I would love to go, pay in dollars to dive and have a look at least once &amp;nbsp;before it disappears.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1841932</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:48:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1841932</guid><dc:creator>Ned Eustace, Montreal, Canada</dc:creator><description>I have dived in Cuba on and off for many years and enjoyed it and the people immensely. By far the best place I have dived was, ironically, the Bay of Pigs. Beautiful walls just off-shore and rarely an American in sight. Sure there are problems, even big problems, but the Cuban education and health care system, for example, outstrips anything generally found in the USA.&lt;br&gt;Viva la revolucion! &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842429</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:49:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842429</guid><dc:creator>Kati, Frederick, MD</dc:creator><description>...why do you all just shut it considering this article wasn't about the US and Cuban tension. and shut up about global warming. if anything, global warming would make the seas rise and create MORE habitats. enjoy the article for what it is about; the reefs and little things to be treasured.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842508</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:18:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842508</guid><dc:creator>Tim Cildwater, MI</dc:creator><description>Are you kidding me I saw more Sea life the last time I dove in the keys than this video showed. I'll keep my money right here in the Good Ole U.S.A.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842566</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:51:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842566</guid><dc:creator>Juan Serrano, Dupont, Wash</dc:creator><description>Quit your whining elitists Cuban defectors, most of the Cubans that whine about Cuba are the same ones that left when things got rough in their Island. They treated their fellow Cubans like lepers if they did not believe them to be equals financially. If things are so terrible as you say why has the Castro regime reign for almost fifty years? That's what I thought.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842635</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:32:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842635</guid><dc:creator>Collins, PHC, Nigeria</dc:creator><description>The Castros &amp;nbsp;are not monsters, most or some Cubans still admire their political ideology so very much. Those that are interested in the country will for such visit Cuba for tourism purpose, if security of tourist is guaranteed. For me, I will visit Cuba if I have my way. I love the country. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842695</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:05:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842695</guid><dc:creator>Rocky Harris, Tulsa Ok.</dc:creator><description>What is strange is that for many years Americans have traveled to Bahamma, and then taken a short boat ride for a day visit to Cuba, everyone knows it, but just don't talk about it.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842824</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:22:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842824</guid><dc:creator>bruce SE Asia</dc:creator><description>Howard you are so right about how they ruined Hawaii.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842856</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:46:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842856</guid><dc:creator>climmie roe, rockledge, fl.</dc:creator><description>cuba had a legal government until the united states kick him out and put that big B in power. castro ran for president and won. he was jailed for winning because he was against the mob we let in cuba. when he got out of jail he headed for the mountians and form a army to take back cuba from the us backed money hungry american. the cuban people were losing every thing they had to the american backed big B. we trade with china, we trade with russia and they have the worst human rights record. i hope some one will let the cuban children visit their famlies in cuba. </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842949</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:42:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842949</guid><dc:creator>FormerFloridian</dc:creator><description>Nice, a few minutes worth of video showing a reef in fair condition but also with algae growth &amp;amp; cloudy water, typical signs of &amp;nbsp;runoff pollution from nearshore human activity. Such pollution is largely responsible for the radical decline of the once breathtaking reefs in the Fla Keys. Follow the video with a few &amp;quot;cheesecake&amp;quot; still shots of marine life (Photoshop anyone?) and call the result an accurate portrayal of &amp;quot;untouched&amp;quot; coral reefs. What is this,a promo video for Cuban tourism? Instead of painting a fantasy picture why not use the opportunity to educate the public about not only the beauty of but also the threats faced by coral reef ecosystems and what can be done to conserve them? With 25,000 diver visits per year, chaperoned or not, these reefs need the additional protection of an educated public that understands how very fragile the reefs are, and how much needs to be done to insure water quality and minimize human intrusion. It's too late in so many once breathtaking dive locations that are now wastelands smothered in algae, their corals sickened or dead from numerous diseases (white, yellow and black band, bleaching &amp;amp; others yet un-named)and the physical impacts of careless or greedy divers. Do a better job for the reef next time and when you tell &amp;nbsp;a fairytale about its beauty, also explain how very fragile and in need of protection it is &amp;amp; what people can do to advocate for clean water quality and to become stewards of these irreplaceable resources. </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1842975</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:11:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1842975</guid><dc:creator>Paul Cump </dc:creator><description>Torture chambers! REALLY. Oh horror, so glad we don't do that. &amp;nbsp;The end justifies the means. What's the difference between W and FC? The people of Cuba are good as are the people of the US. The governments are corrupt as hell. I say open up relations with Cuba!&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843057</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:28:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843057</guid><dc:creator>Nevada Democrat, Tucson, AZ</dc:creator><description>Simple, it is the same with Burma and Cuba. Those countries have not agreed to accept the &amp;nbsp;American/British Banking industry as their lord and master and until they do, they will be pariahs and we will hear nothing but lies, distortions and innuendo.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843113</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:45:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843113</guid><dc:creator>Graham, Toronto ON</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;and while some are thinking of tourism I hope they visit the concentration camps and torture chambers... &amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For a second I thought you were talking about the US military base at Guantanamo, or maybe one of your many other torture prisons around the world. But of course that couldn't be because save Gitmo we're not even allowed to know about them, let alone visit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of all my travels to Cuba, the one thing all the tourists there agree on that is the best thing about the country is that there aren't any Americans there. No MacDonald's, no Niketown, WalMart, Rush Limbaugh, or American Idol. Just your '50s cars and art deco hotels. Not to say we all don't like Americans and what you've given us, but sometimes it's nice to take a week off to escape the Mcworld that you've created.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843197</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:38:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843197</guid><dc:creator>Ron, Springdale, AR</dc:creator><description>Maybe the Russian Air Force will get to dive the reefs and see all the beauty of Cuba. &amp;nbsp;See where Castro has invited them to establish a base there. &amp;nbsp;I guess the Russians might as well have a base in Cuba, the US has had one for many years.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843203</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:46:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843203</guid><dc:creator>j.catterall  oakville ontario</dc:creator><description>lots of americans go to cuba the easy way from Canada, your passport isn`t stamped, cheap all inclusive packages ,I have been 4 times &amp;nbsp;love it just don`t get involved in politics and enjoy the holiday</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843223</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:53:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843223</guid><dc:creator>Pat -- FL</dc:creator><description>And yada yada yada ..... you people crack me up. &amp;nbsp;Some sign off with a big Phd. Md. STD. &amp;nbsp;Others say I have been there but we should now protect it and keep everyone else out. &amp;nbsp;Then there are people like Howard who wants to abolish sun tan oil and wrinkled old ladies. Whats that all about?</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843235</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:20:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843235</guid><dc:creator>Les Guest, London, England.</dc:creator><description>A few years ago it was my pleasure to go to Cuba. We stayed in Varadero and met some wonderful people. When we wanted to travel to Havanna a taxi driver who had befriended us took us and showed us some of the things that perhaps not all visitors see, such as local markets advising us where to go, when we went for a walk.&lt;br&gt;Whilst we walked he waited patiently and we were very grateful for his attention to our well being and enjoyment. &lt;br&gt;We met other cubans guides etc who had concerns in relation to their living conditions and the 2 types of currency. Cuban Pesos for the local people and Convertible Pesos for tourists. Although I do not profess to understand the government of any country I was moved by the warmth of those people I met.&lt;br&gt;People will be remembered by what they leave behind and as far as I am aware the healthcare in Cuba was impressive. A government by any other name is still a government and perhaps people should remember why and how those in power got there. In these uncertain times we should look for ways how to get along instead of reasons why we shouldn't try in the first place. Then perhaps we can all share in the wonders and help in the disasters.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843243</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:33:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843243</guid><dc:creator>zoogal</dc:creator><description>I'm not condoning the Castro regime, but seeing firsthand the corruption that exiled Cubans have brought to Miami-Dade, Florida, it is understandable how the people of Cuba allowed and supported that revolution. Miami is now the city of the greased palm.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843248</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:43:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843248</guid><dc:creator>Raymond Molina</dc:creator><description>There have been over 200,000 Two Hundred Thousand Cubans drownded trying to flee the paradise you describe. Looking for their bones under the sea in Cuba is not a desirable underwater spectacle to watch.</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843317</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:37:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843317</guid><dc:creator>john shmoe, sacramento, ca</dc:creator><description>I think this is another baloney bit of nbc propaganda. &amp;nbsp;This flick has a lot of footage on swimmers, and looks like the fish were dubbed in from other sources as an afterthought. Shame on nbc. </description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843326</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:39:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843326</guid><dc:creator>Art Mc Donald Gillette NJ</dc:creator><description>There is no good reason that we should not just open up the flood gates of trade and tourism &amp;nbsp;to Cuba that would be and could have beeen the quickest way for the Cubans to get rid of the communists to begin with not the archaic and wasteful time of decades of commumist witch hunting that have gone on and on. What a waste !</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1843332</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:40:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1843332</guid><dc:creator>Angry Canadian, Ontario Canada</dc:creator><description>I have visited Cuba. &amp;nbsp;I have had the honor to dive Veradaro. &amp;nbsp;In all the places I have visited Cuba was the quietest. &amp;nbsp;This is in part due to the lack of American visitors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yes the Cubans are suppressed. &amp;nbsp;Sure they can't come and go as they please. &amp;nbsp;They are very poor monitarily, but they are hardy people. &amp;nbsp;They take stock in what they have and their families are tight groups that share everything without malice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All of the Americans here complaining that they can't visit due to the local government should stop whinning. &amp;nbsp;If you want something changed, make a statement, start a movement of your own. &amp;nbsp;VOTE! &amp;nbsp;Make a difference and get what you want.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But first take a good hard look at your own system. &amp;nbsp;We as North Americans think we are a free people. &amp;nbsp;This is absolute BS. &amp;nbsp;The government here is just as controlling and corrupt as Cuba, we just hide it better.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The next time you get that rediculous feeling that you're living in a free country go out and try to purchase something that the Gubbermint thinks you're not mature or safe enough to have.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Consider this... if North America were truly free.... would there be restricions on where you can travel to and spend your money?</description></item><item><title>Get a glimpse of Cuba's underwater treasure trove </title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/17/1839902.aspx#1844003</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:31:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1844003</guid><dc:creator>Chuck, San Diego, Ca</dc:creator><description>This video reminded me of one of the many beauties in Cuba. Am looking forward to revisit.</description></item></channel></rss>