2004-03-25 10:30:02 AM
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| Washington Post harshly criticizes Castro - really |
| 2004-03-25 |
| EFL - They have a short gratuitous slap at Bush A YEAR AGO Cuba’s Communist government cracked down on nonviolent dissidents..., 75 of them were in prison, sentenced to terms ranging from 6 to 28 years after one-day closed trials. Carried out while the world’s attention was focused on the war in Iraq, this was President Fidel Castro’s attempt to destroy a pro-democracy civil society that had been peacefully emerging. A year later, the bad news is that those 75 political prisoners are still locked away, in many cases under inhumane conditions. The worse news is that Mr. Castro has gotten away with his crime: He has set back the cause of freedom in Cuba, and suffered few consequences... The European Union adopted some token sanctions. But European trade and tourists continue to provide the hard currency that props up Mr. Castro’s regime. More help has come from Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, a Castro wannabe who supplies his mentor with oil on sweetheart terms... [the NYTimes would never use these kinds of words] One of Cuba’s foremost dissidents, Oswaldo Paya..." Mr. Paya said of the prisoners. "But they have not given up, and we will not give up. . . . From the darkness of their cells, they are proclaiming the Cuban Spring, which is the hope of all people." The failure of the international community to hold Mr. Castro accountable for his crimes against some of Cuba’s best writers, journalists and teachers means that that spring probably will not arrive this year. But even Mr. Castro, feebly clinging to his failed ideology at age 77, must know in his heart that it is coming. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #10 Yeah bh, they keep those old 1950's cars running without parts-they use coat hangers and other home remedies to keep 'em running somebody else tried that again the other day (coverting a car to a boat) the first time was actually a truck |
| Posted by: Geoffrey M. LaMear 2004-03-25 5:49:42 PM |
| #9 the free health care and high literacy rates The decent education allows the average Cuban to understand that rice, plantain, and waving at a fish/chicken is bad for health. The per capita income in Cuba should second to nothing... It's all there! Only a dedicated Marxist could destroy Cuba. Sorry. Cuba presses a button. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-25 5:13:15 PM |
| #8 mhw: That one guy managed to convert a car and a truck into watercraft and drive them to the US, so I'd say that Cuba's mechanical arts levels are pretty good too. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-03-25 4:46:35 PM |
| #7 the free health care and high literacy rates are constantly quoted by Castro apologists but the only estimates of these we have are by the govt of Cuba so we don't know what these rates really mean |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-03-25 4:40:46 PM |
| #6 B-b-but they say they have a very high rate of literacy and free health care. That should surely outweigh minor things like thousands of political prisoners and executions. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-03-25 3:26:01 PM |
| #5 uh jose, Kennedy's demise prolly had a little more to do w/bro bobby taking on the mob after they helped get jack elected. Highly doubt castro pulled that one off. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-03-25 10:39:56 AM |
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2004-03-25 10:30:02 AM
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| #3 Looks like the Army of Steve has the Serbian Lop-Eared Troll infestation under control (or is that "conTROLL?") |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-03-25 9:43:38 AM |
| #2 Anon, not sure which article you were reading. This one is about a place called Cuba, not much having to do w/Jews. End of lesson, wipe the spittle off your chin, it's time for your nap. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-03-25 8:48:32 AM |
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