get married and make money! Husbands for sale in Cuba

[Marc7]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/4749591.stm



wedding is a big occasion in any society, but in Cuba it can also be big business. Many Cuban women see a foreign husband as a ticket out of the country - a passport, possibly, to new prosperity.

The other day I bumped into a Cuban friend of mine in a shoe shop in Havana. She was buying a pair of white slippers.

"They're for my wedding," she told me. I was surprised. I had no idea that she had any wedding plans.

"Who are you getting married to?" I asked.

"A Mexican," she replied.

"When did you meet him?" I wondered.

"I haven't yet," she said.

It turned out my friend was taking part in what is a small, but booming market in Cuba - the purchase of foreign husbands. Usually arranged through intermediaries, many Cuban women consider it by far the best way to leave this country.

But it is not cheap. My friend paid $5,000 for her Mexican groom. That, I am told, is also the going rate for American, Canadian, and European husbands.

A Costa Rican man can apparently be persuaded to tie the knot for around $2,000. Peruvian men, for some reason, are currently particularly good value. Just $800 will secure one.

[asim99]

not something unheard of
there are many similar marriage cases from india and pakstan

cbc did a doc about the 'runaway grooms' of india a while ago
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/runawaygrooms.html

[Headhunter]

Now, that's romance!

[UrbanPoet]

$800 for a peruvian!
thats cold.... i got a Cousin in law that is peruvian lol

[KevC]

Nice, can I get 5k to get married to some hot Cuban chick?

[hyperion]

lmao at Peruvians!

Damn undercutters..haha

[d_jedi]

Nice, can I get 5k to get married to some hot Cuban chick?

Sounds like a good deal to me.
Gotta make sure you get a pre-nup, though!

[Absolute]

Umm... I don't think all the women looking for husbands are "hot Cuban chicks"

[kilarney]

Umm... I don't think all the women looking for husbands are "hot Cuban chicks"

Yes, buyer beware you might get what you paid for.

[Daemar]

Yes, buyer beware you might get what you paid for.

I don't think you've got it right. The women pay for the man.

[kilarney]

I don't think you've got it right. The women pay for the man.

Oh thanks I misinterpret that

I thought there was a saying that money can't buy me love or is that in a song

But seriously will Fiedel Castro approve of such action?

[simms]

Ymmv!

[kilarney]

Ymmv!

thats discouraging to the Cuban women.

[Absolute]

Ymmv!

An no PMing.

[kilarney]

An no PMing.

Where is does it state that?