Word: tuxpan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many other Cubans, tourism is a pact with the devil. They remember how they felt exploited by rich foreigners before 1959. At the Tuxpan disco, the only Cubans allowed in are pubescent girls dressed in scanty Lycra minis who have bartered their company to rum-swilling tourists for a meal. It makes Julio Gonzalez angry even as he takes their money...
...they just have to master Econ 101. Lawyer Julio Gonzalez, who oversees Donnelly's busy Tuxpan Hotel, did not grasp some basic concepts at first. Put in charge of personnel, he let profits plummet as the staff, heavily padded with relatives and friends, ballooned. Once faced with the capitalist notion of being fired if he failed to meet his budget, Julio straightened out. "No one had ever been fired for anything before," says Donnelly. "Now Julio is a devil of a capitalist...
Gonzalez pats the computer printout on his desk showing a 92% occupancy rate at the Tuxpan and lights up an imported Kool Filter. He plans someday to be manager, even owner of a hotel chain. Does he believe in capitalism now? He grins: "I think like Jesus Christ that the bread has to be divided. Was Christ a communist or a capitalist...