Michel Jaquet a contractor from Freibourg was blocked 52 days in Cuba after a small car accident.
He said "the cuban authorities were very correct. The problem is the enormous slowness of the system."
Michel Jaquet, a contractor of 56 years old from Grolley (FR), was held back for 52 days in Cuba, in the town of Camaguey, located at 650 kilometer south-east of Havana, the capital of the country.
Reason for this blockage: a small car accident that occurred three days before the end of his stay.
A mishap which started an administrative maze.
Source:
Retenu 52 jours à Cuba!
Michel Jaquet
Michel Jaquet, entrepreneur fribourgeois, a été bloqué 52 jours à Cuba à la suite d'un banal accident de voiture
Stéphane Berney - 18/05/2007
Le Matin
Le Matin article in French
Electronic translation to English
Wow what is it about Camagüey - and this is my town! A death of a Belgium tourist and the detention of a French tourist. Staying in Havana is clearly the solution.
Cheers
john
the waiting is now for E_Armand to classify this post as anti-cuba propaganda (with links to posts showing that car accidents also do occur in the US).
Actually...this is probably a bit more disturbing. The Le Matin article (which is Swiss and not French) quotes Michel Jaquet as saying that the Cuban authorities were "very courteous" ("très correctes" in French).
It appears that the problem Mr Jaquet encountered was the extremely slow speed at which the Cuban bureaucracy dealt with his case -- not that unusual for many countries around the world but clearly unacceptable regardless of where it occurs.
52 days delay in cuba is no trivial matter. Especially for an accident
that is not the drivers fault.
I drive a lot in cuba and dread the possibility of an accident. Cuban
friends never understand the risks you take, and why you drive slower
and more cautiously than the tourists that come for 2 weeks and
don't know any better.
If you purchase the "additional insurance" then I think this siutation would have been resolved a lot sooner...it's a question of liability...
#2 - how true. He is getting as bad as another poster who thinks he has to justify every post made on this site. :-)
I used to drive a rental car in Cuba but no more. Cubans and animals don’t know how to walk on the right side of the highway and think it’s their bed at night. I have always maintained a car is a liability in Cuba though sometimes I wouldn't mind staying an extra 52 days, lol
I always take the insurance offered. I have never been offered anything else.
Is there "additional insurance" beyond what they offer that can be purchased?
Did that guy not have adequate insurance?
If something like this was posted on the USA branch, it would be DELETED quickly.
There is an apparent double-standard on Thorntree that permits this type of AntiCuban TROLL, simply.
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