Malvettas war I refer to was the war over the Faulklands, a decade ago, For those of you who know me know I can't spell in any language, so sorry for the butchering of the name Malvettas, but better than butchering the Monroe doctrine in that case.
Now lots of folks place the conquest of Native land in the US in the past, however, Native nations are being forced to ceede more and more soverignity each and every day.
As to freedom in Cuba or the US, freedom is relitive. A dear friend of mine who works as a civil rights lawyer here, needs to go to Cuba at least once a year to decompress, and she indeed, would love to live there, though she feels she must keep working here to mitagate the damage we do world wide and at home. But don't take my word for any of this. Go to the islands and hop a flight to Cuba. I promice you will have a great vaction and learn a thing or two possibly, or come home more sure of your beliefs. But I strongly doubt you will continue to see Cuba the way you do through State Deptarment colored glasses.
Larry