I think they made Cuba communist on purpose...............bribing the local Cubans with something..........i will tell u why i think that...........ok, now think back to just after 1492.......until.......say 1800...............without the Panama canal...............think shipping routes.........back to Western Europe..................just from South America..............the Pacific is too far..................and the Gulf stream............a natural current from the warm Caribe............to Europe.................