Cuba has asked foreign investors from Europe to leave, and seems to prefer capital from China and Venzuela. It appears that Fidel Castro wants to keep away from U.S. influence. Well one way to do that is to ally with U.S residents themselves, for nowhere else will you find such freedom of expression and tolerance of dissent!
Read about it at
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/11831830.htm