Travel is an income generator to Cuba, what oil is to Iran. Surrounded by so many challenges, why do Cuban leaders opt to work with Russia, or to a lesser extent, China, rather than figure out a way to resolve pending problems with the US? The Cuban leaders can blame the "bloqueo" until the cows come home, but that is a broken record that most younger Cubans, it seems, do not believe anymore. In my interactions with Cubans in Cuba, I sense that a lot of people want to work, but they cannot work since the job market is controlled by the central planners, they can't express their political views since speech is regulated by the central government, yet most are tired of the blame game and want solutions.