Fearing Communist Cuba Will Suffer From "a Plague" of American Tourists

Rich Noyes | April 13, 2015
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Host Melissa Harris-Perry, on the April 11 edition of her eponymous MSNBC show, worried that life in communist Cuba could suffer from an influx of American tourists, whom she termed "a plague on the rest of the world:"

“On the one hand, it is great to reopen these relationships. On the other hand, I worry about American tourists and the ways that we can sometimes be a plague on the rest of the world, particularly in these nations that become high-tourist economies. And I’m wondering if there is a downside to our economic ties opening up with Cuba, for Cuba.”

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