President Mujica, the Cut on His Nose and the Potholes of Havana
President José Mujica of Uruguay. Image taken from http://subrayado.com.uy
It was a flying sheet of roofing that cut the nose of the Uruguayan president José Mujica. A piece of metal that fell off just as he was helping a neighbor reinforce the roof of his house. The anecdote traveled through the media and the social networks as an example of the simplicity of a leader known for his austere lifestyle. There he was, like one more farmer, trying to make sure the storm didn’t carry off the roof tiles of a house near the farm where he lived in Montevideo. Undoubtedly, an anecdote full of lessons that should be imitated by many other world leaders.
Pepe Mujica’s story made me reflect about the divorce that exists between the way of life of the leaders and the people in Cuba. The contrast is so marked, so abysmal, that it determines a good part of the mistakes they commit when making decisions. It’s not just that they live in better houses, reside in beautiful residential neighborhoods, or that they drive modern cars. No. The great difference lies in that almost nothing the authorities do has any relationship to the problems that plague our daily lives. They do not know the feeling of waiting for more than an hour at a bus stop, the annoyance of walking streets lacking streetlights or full of potholes. They haven’t the least idea of the smell of stale sweat that fills the inside of a truck where dozens of people are traveling from one village to another, nor of the clatter of horse carts which for many are the only form of transport. They have never spent a night at La Coubre terminal on the waiting list for a train ticket, nor have they had to hand over the equivalent of a monthly salary to a guard who resells the tickets to board a rickety train car.
When has a commander or general of this country entered a hard currency store to see if they are now selling hamburger meat more cheaply, and has had to leave because they don’t have enough money to buy any of the goods on the shelves? When was the last time a minister opened a refrigerator and found it full of water but lacking food? Will the president of the parliament ever sleep on a mattress patched over and over by the family’s grandmother? Will he mend his underwear to be able to continue wearing it, or use vinegar to wash his hair because there is no shampoo? What do the children of these elite know about humid late nights spent heating up the kerosene stove so it will be ready to make coffee in the morning? Have they looked up close into the face of the functionary who says “No†— almost with pleasure — when they are asking about the results of some paperwork? Have any of them had to sell peanuts to survive like so many retired elderly do the length and breadth of this country?
They cannot govern us because they do not know us. They are not able to find solutions because they have never suffered the difficulties we have. They do not represent us because they strayed too long ago into a world of privileges, comforts and luxuries. They have no idea what it means to be a Cuban today.
Octubre 1st, 2012 at 19:37
After said taxi drivers pay Fidel and Raul, they take home only a fraction of what they actually make.
The absurdly high fees and taxes on the casa particulars works the same.
Nice try though.
Septiembre 29th, 2012 at 21:01
Of course, now you losers are trying to answer some of my questions without actually getting into a discussion.
The same discussion you vehemently “demand” from Mariela Castro for example.
Yet, here you are doing exactly the same as one of your idols Castro: pretending that the problem (Damir asking for a discussion and answers to his questions) will disappear if you simply burry your empty head into the sand of your mental delusions.
Ain’t working.
You know only too well how the convertible peso shops and supermarkets are full of Cubans.
You know only too well hom MUCH money one taxi driver makes a day driving one of those old dilapidated cars.
AND YOU KNOW ONLY TOO WELL HOW MANY TOUSANDS OF THOSE CARS ARE OUT THERE TOO.
Let us talk some numbers for you liars will hate them.
A taxi driver of an oldtimer charges ten (10) Cuban pesos per person, per ride. He can squeeze 5 people at a time. They will all come in and out along his regular route between say, Playa and Havana Vieja. I counted one day between Havana Vieja and Playa 26 people taking the ride. The total ride in one direction took around 50 mins. If that driver did 8 hours a day, he would have driven 190 people and cashed 1900 pesos!
In ONE ride. In one day.
Multiply that by 24.
1900 x 24 = 45600 ORDINARY pesos per one day.
Let me give some perspective to those well-meaning readers who don’t know squat about Cuba and fall genuinely for your shift:
The value of this sum should be divided by 25 to convert it into the convertible pesos that this crap above is talking about.
that is 45600/25 = 1824 AU dollars
(since I was called Australian by the “friendly” translator who was pretending to post as a “bluey” and other impostors, as she is the only who would know what IP my messages come from, forgetting that I said as much long time ago, explaining it that I am using a masking proxy in Australia to post here)
EVERY MONTH.
It gets
B E T T E R !!!
Does anyone of you even begins to understand how
M U C H
money that is?
In Cuba that is an awful lot of money. I rent a casa particular for 30 convertible pesos a day. My host lives from that money 3 months like a king, shouting his family a dinner in the most expensive restaurants every day if he wants to. A family of four can eat for 20 CUC (convertible pesos) in an exclusive restaurant.
And still have some left to buy whatever they may need from supermarkets, paying in CUC.
There are
T H O U S A N D S
of taxi drivers in Havana driving those “viejitos” around.
Benefits naturally spread further with the families of those drivers.
Then there are those who drive proper taxies and charge in CUCs. They rarely turn on taximetres for “they do not work”…
Liars, as the team “yoani” will know (from their own personalities).
But, it has to be said, rarely they try to cross you over. They do tell you how much, and fairly, if you ask
BEFORE YOU ENTER THE TAXI.
Still, they take about 90 CUCs home every day.
That’s 1920 AU dollars per month.
There are thousands of those taxis too on the roads of Havana.
So, when you convert the number of taxis (an approximate number I was told by Cubataxi driver is over 80 000 taxi cars of any sort, and could easily be 130 000), you realise that about a 500 000 of Havaneros live on 1800-1900 AU dollars per month.
That, my friends is a
L O T
of money for a lot of people.
Then there are those pesky little motors and bicycle-driven carriages who take on average 30 cucs every day, which too is around 720 AU dollars every month. Significantly lower, but still enough of money to keep a family of four well fed and with all the needs taken care of.
Yeah, but what would Mujica, in URUGUAY, know about all of this…? Or the team “yoani”, the self-confessed liars, traitors and terrorists.
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 22:55
Ten videos smuggled out of Cuba’s biggest and reputedly worst prison, in an unusually daring operation by a dissident, show grotesquely dirty toilets, grimy walls, leaking sewage and food described as worse than “animal feed.â€
“Show this video to the international community, how this miserable dictatorship commits cruelties against humanity,†says the videos’ main narrator, an India citizen serving a 30-year sentence in Havana’s high security Combinado del Este prison.
Havana dissident journalist Dania Virgen GarcÃa, who writes the blog “Cuba por Dentro†— Inside Cuba — said the videos were shot in late January with a digital camera smuggled into the prison “so that everyone can see Cuba’s reality.â€
The videos — which also showed several inmates, including a U.S. citizen complaining about prison conditions — appeared to be the first ever smuggled out of Cuba’s 200-plus prisons. Their views of prison buildings matched those of the Combinado del Este prison.
VIDEO:Testimony of prisoner Marcos Damián Rafael Fernández RodrÃguez (Cuban man with no hands)- (Cuba) - Testimonio del reo Marcos Damián Rafael Fernández RodrÃguez (cubano)-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....r_embedded
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 22:54
YOUTUBE: One of the inmates (without hands) who was filmed in a clandestine video in Combinado del Este Prison in Cuba has been freed - Damián Rafael Fernández Marcos Rodriguez - Havana, Cuba. Liberado uno de los reo que filmo video clandestino en la Prisión del Combinado del Este - Marcos Damián Rafael Fernández RodrÃguez - La Habana, cuba.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....r_embedded
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 22:04
Help #44
My point exactly.
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 21:51
HA HA HA HA HA! ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING! DO PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVE THIS STUFF?? ONLY THOSE WHO ARE POLITICALLY BLIND AND MISINFORMED/LIED TO NAIVETES!
EL UNIVERSAL: Ambassador: “voting Chávez is voting Fidel” - Edgardo RamÃrez, the Venezuelan ambassador to Cuba, says that it means “the union of two great men”
Venezuela’s ambassador to Cuba, Edgardo Antonio RamÃrez, stated on Wednesday at a press conference in Havana that voting president-candidate Hugo Chávez FrÃas in the upcoming October 7 presidential election amounted to “voting Fidel (Castro, Cuba’s ex-president), peace, and union in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
“Most Venezuelan people are going to vote for a sensitive president, for the full exercise of democracy in Latin America, (…) because Chávez is the leader of the world’s poor,” the ambassador asserted.
Additionally, RamÃrez explained the features of the Venezuelan electoral system and defended its transparency and reliability. “It is impossible to cheat in this election,” he remarked.
He also referred to opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski as “the Pentagon candidate,” without mentioning his name, accusing him and the Venezuelan opposition of manipulating and lying about the polls, which give Chávez between 19 and 24 points of lead over the opposition hopeful. “In Venezuela, the hesitant voters have never decided an election,” he added.
RamÃrez also informed that over 400 Venezuelans residing in Cuba would vote at Havana on October 7.
http://www.eluniversal.com/nac.....ting-fidel
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 14:39
SO THE CHINESE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THEIR MONEY BACK FROM THE DEADBEAT CASTROFASCISTS! PAYED BACK IN PART BY THE U.S. GUSANO REMITTANCES WHICH LEGALLY SHOW OVER $2 BILLION AND ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY OVER $4 BILLION PER YEAR! GOOD LUCK TO THE REST TRYING TO COLLECT!
AFP: China, Cuba to intensify trade as Havana meets debt payments
HAVANA — Cuba will intensify its economic ties with China, having met payments on its debt with Beijing, its second largest trade partner, Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas announced on Thursday.
Speaking on state-run television, Cabrisas said Cuba is committed to “strict compliance of our financial obligations with China, including those related to the rescheduling of our debt.”
Cabrisas, who gave no details about the size of Cuba’s debt with China, made his remarks after the conclusion Wednesday of the latest round of bilateral trade talks.
China’s growing investment in Cuba can be seen in the context of helping Cuba’s domestic development, the minister said.
“We are heading into a higher stage (of investment) as part of our social and economic development plan for our country,” Cabrisas said.
Beijing’s Minister for Commerce Chen Deming, who represented China at the talks, said Cuba’s payments towards its debt had “contributed to the restoration of confidence” between the two trade partners.
China is Cuba’s second biggest trade partner after Venezuela. Their bilateral trade in 2011 was $1.9 billion, with about two-thirds of that balance in China’s favor. Trade reached $870 million for the first half of this year.
CLICK LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE!
http://www.google.com/hostedne.....49b937.391
REUTERS : Exclusive - Paris Club invites Cuba to resume debt talks- by Marc Frank - Nov 7, 2011
Cuba’s wealthiest creditors have decided to test President Raul Castro’s pledge to improve the island’s financial credibility by inviting his government to talks with the Paris Club about settling billions of dollars of outstanding debt, according to Western diplomats.
The Paris Club reported that Cuba owed its members $30.5 billion (19.0 billion pounds) at the close of 2010, but more than $20 billion of the debt was in old transferable Soviet rubles that Russia now claims but Cuba does not recognise.
The Bank for International Settlements reported banks in 43 countries held $5.76 billion in Cuban deposits as of March of this year, compared with $4.285 billion at the close of 2009 and $2.849 billion at the close of 2008.
Cuba last reported its foreign debt in 2007 at $17.8 billion, but most analysts agree it now exceeds $21 billion, or close to 50 percent of gross domestic product and 30 percent more than annual foreign exchange revenues.
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 12:27
YOUTUBE: Agents prevent Cuba’s Ladies in White from leaving headquarter - Agents of the State Security prevented the Ladies in White members to walk into the streets. By Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez / Hablemos press. Havana, September 26. - Agents of the Department of State Security kept blocked the entrance to the home and headquarters of the Ladies in White and prevented them to walk streets to celebrate the day of Our Lady of Mercy, patron saint of prisoners, September 24 at 5:00 pm. The images captured by the camera of one of the Ladies in White member were donated to Hablemos Press to accompany this article, shows the violence used by the agents. According to Berta Soler, spokeswoman Ladies in White Movement, they had planned to “walk from the venue to the La Merced church to attend Mass and pray there for political prisoners as we do every year.” This video shows officers punching and scratching Soler at the entrance of the house which is their headquarters on several occasions where they attacked the late Laura Pollan the leader of the group who died shortly after a violent action like this one.
Agentes impide salir a grupo disidente Cubano Damas de Blanco - Agentes de la Seguridad del Estado impidieron que las Damas de Blanco salieran a las calles. Por Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez/ Hablemos Press. La Habana, 26 de septiembre.- Agentes del Departamento de la Seguridad del Estado mantenÃan bloqueada la entrada a la casa sede de las Damas de Blanco e impidieron que salieran a las calles para celebrar el dÃa de la Virgen de La Merced, patrona de los presos, el 24 de septiembre a las 5:00pm. Las imágenes captadas por la cámara de una Dama -donadas a Hablemos Press- que acompañan esta nota demuestran la violencia empleada por los agentes. Según Berta Soler, portavoz del Movimiento Damas de Blanco, ellas tenÃan planeado “caminar desde la sede hasta la Iglesia La Merced para participar de la misa y allà orar por los presos polÃticos como cada año hacemos”. Este video muestra a agentes arañando y dándole puñetazos a Soler a la entrada de la casa sede donde en varias ocasiones lo hicieron también con Laura Pollán, lÃder del grupo, fallecida luego de una acción semejante a esta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKsGaKn3TOc
Septiembre 27th, 2012 at 03:27
Cuba Libre
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 21:00
# 46 Simba,
for once I am inclined to agree with you. I guess if the Revolutionary government has been in power for so long and still is today, its because the mass population agrees to its ways. There is a few dissidents like the ones who started this blog, all backed up by outside help. I guess most Cubans accept their government just the way it is.
A candidate for the Darwin award. It’s called a POLICE STATE.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 23:12
Cuba Liar,
Yes indeed, Montreal politics is corrupt. It is also the most left wing city in Canada. Go figure. But you are right, things in Quebec are starting to be similar to those in Cuba. As the new PQ government has announced huge increases in taxes we can look forward to a flood of Quebec “exiles” rafting across the Ottawa river to escape the confiscatory Leftists.
A history lesson for you CL: The US used nuclear weapons to end a war, after they were attacked by Japan. In contrast, Fidel & Che begged the Russians to use the nuclear missiles in Cuba to start a war. Big difference there.
The alternative in 1945 was to invade mainland Japan in an operation expected to produce 10 million casualties and take over 6 months. The Japanese refused to surrender. So the US dropped the 2 bombs and ended the war much sooner, with far fewer casualties. As horrific as the bombings were, the decision save 10 million Japanese lives, and hundreds of thousands of US lives. Furthermore, in the six months prior Hiroshima, the Japanese Imperial Army killed 5 million civilians in China, Korea and the Philippines. If the war had dragged on for several more months, the Japanese would have killed many millions more. By using the bombs, millions of lives were saved.
In 1963, when Khrushchev read the infamous “Armageddon Letter” Fidel had sent, in which the Cuban dictator had demanded the Russians to launch their nuclear missiles at the US, the Russian leader was horrified at the “mad man” Castro. Khrushchev immediately ordered the Russian ships to stop and turn around, bringing the nuclear confrontation with the US to an end. He withdrew the missiles from Cuba to prevent Castro from seizing control of them.
The American use of 2 small atomic bombs ended WWII. Che & Castro had begged Khrushchev to start a global nuclear war that would have exterminated life on earth. Surely, even the most thick headed lefty such as yourself can see the moral difference?
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 22:00
Cuba Libre said: “And you think the government of Cuba is corrupt, maybe you should read some Montreal newspapers about corruption there, along with Toronto where mobsters have all the municipal counsel eating out of the palms of their hands.Once again my hermano, Cuban issues are not that far different than issues in other cities all over the world.”
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH! BAD CANADA, BAD U.S.A.! COME ON GUY, WE HEARD THAT SONG SO MANY TIMES WE CAN SING ALONG WITH IT IN OUR SLEEP! HAVE YOUR HANDLERS CHANGE YOUR SCRIPT TO MAYBE SOME NICE REGGAETON! I HEAR IS VERY POPULAR IN CUBA! JE JE JE!
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 21:32
Simba Sez: To the Cuban government agent that names himself Cuba Libre; if, like you, the Cuban powers believes they rule at the complete will of the people, then, due to the fact Fidel and Raul are both octogenarians, they should easily see it is time to hold free and open elections to ascertain their successors. There are so few dissidents it is obvious they couldn’t win a fair election, don’t you think?
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 21:00
# 46 Simba,
for once I am inclined to agree with you. I guess if the Revolutionary government has been in power for so long and still is today, its because the mass population agrees to its ways. There is a few dissidents like the ones who started this blog, all backed up by outside help. I guess most Cubans accept their government just the way it is.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 20:56
Humberto my hermano,
I got as many points as La Flaca complaining about the potholes in Havana, just a comparison bro. Imagine one second if la ciudad de la Habana had the same billions of dollar budget that the city of Montreal has, what a difference it would be for Cubans living there. And you think the government of Cuba is corrupt, maybe you should read some Montreal newspapers about corruption there, along with Toronto where mobsters have all the municipal counsel eating out of the palms of their hands.
Once again my hermano, Cuban issues are not that far different than issues in other cities all over the world.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 20:53
Simba Sez: In recent times Jose Mujica stated, “It is a mistake to think that power comes from above, when it comes from within the hearts of the masses…it has taken me a lifetime to learn this.” It may have taken him a lifetime, yet that is speedier than the Castro family has learned that lesson. Government over any extended period of time can only be by the will of the people. If the government does not wisely govern, it is but a matter of time until the people will refuse to be governed by that government. The only question then remaining is what form that refusal will take.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 20:21
Cuba Libre!! AGAIN WITH THE BAD OLD CANADA, U.S.A.!!! YOU GET NO POINTS ON THIS ONE!
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 19:36
You think Havana has potholes, try visiting downtown Montreal, lol. A couple of weeks ago a 12 wheel dump truck simply caved into the street. The street was totally empty underneath the pavement. Many mechanical repair shops give praise daily to the condition of streets in Montreal. In the spring there are so many potholes everywhere its like driving in an obstacle course.
Stop thinking the grass is greener over the hill Miss Sanchez. Just like Cuba has its daily issues, so does every other city in the world. One thing is sure though. Even though Havana is alot older than Montreal, its streets are cleaner. Often you will see men and women sweeping the portion of the street and sidewalk in front of their houses in Havana. In Montreal you see people throwing garbage onto the streets instead of picking it up.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 19:20
Good point Simba, I got bit by the troll again!
It’s so sad the mafia has a lock on Cuba. I hope I’m wrong and the Cubans can get rid of them one day.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 19:17
According to my very good sources, Che was a murderer, thief and rapist.
If he was honest, he would’ve executed himself.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 18:59
Simba Sez: I suppose I must have overlooked the section of Yoani’s blog that mentions Che and nuclear weapons. I’ll try to read it again and comprehend it this time.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 18:31
Ok let`s debate on nuclear warfare.
“Che on nuclear war:
“If the missiles had remained we would have used them against the very heart of the United States, including New York,†he told the London Daily Worker in November of 1962. “We must never establish peaceful co-existence. We must walk the path of victory even if it costs millions of atomic victims.†[29]
“Extermination,†Che stressed. “Millions of atomic victims,†he said for the record. “Pure hate, as the motivating force,†he repeatedly declared.”
Now this being said, may I ask which nation till this day, is the only one to have dropped and exploded not 1 but 2 atomic bombs?? Hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese civilians killed. Innocent women and children who never asked to be involved in the war. Oh how quick we are to forget history. And yet here you are complaining about the fact that El Che ordered the execution of a few murderers, thiefs, and rapists.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 18:31
Ok let`s debate on nuclear warfare.
“Che on nuclear war:
“If the missiles had remained we would have used them against the very heart of the United States, including New York,†he told the London Daily Worker in November of 1962. “We must never establish peaceful co-existence. We must walk the path of victory even if it costs millions of atomic victims.†[29]
“Extermination,†Che stressed. “Millions of atomic victims,†he said for the record. “Pure hate, as the motivating force,†he repeatedly declared.”
Now this being said, may I ask which nation till this day, is the only one to have dropped and exploded not 1 but 2 atomic bombs?? Hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese civilians killed. Innocent women and children who never asked to be involved in the war. Oh how quick we are to forget history. And yet here you are complaining about the fact that El Che ordered the execution of a few murderers, thiefs, and rapists.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 15:57
Che wearing his Rolex watch:
http://www.3.bp.blogspot.com/-.....cheGMT.jpg
Not to be outdone, Fidel wearing two Rolex watches:
http://www.i22.photobucket.com.....castro.jpg
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 15:35
Cubalibre….there is a VERY famous picture of El Che playing golf in Cuba wearing not 1, but 2 Rolex watches. Tell me how many cubans can do that?!?
And remember that almost every politician at one point takes up a shovel for a photo op to appeal to the “common” people.
Your argument is irrational.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 13:25
GREAT DOCUMENTARY ON THE LADIES IN WHITE, INCLUDING FOOTAGE WITH THE LATE LAURA POLLAN AND THE TOUGH SARA MARTA FONSECA!
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY: Las Damas and their fight for the streets of Cuba - by Tracey Eaton - A video about Las Damas de Blanco, or Ladies in White, an opposition group in Cuba.
COPY AND PASTE LINK TO BROWSER TO REACH VIDEO!
vimeo.com/50141738
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 09:31
Che on nuclear war:
“If the missiles had remained we would have used them against the very heart of the United States, including New York,†he told the London Daily Worker in November of 1962. “We must never establish peaceful co-existence. We must walk the path of victory even if it costs millions of atomic victims.†[29]
“Extermination,†Che stressed. “Millions of atomic victims,†he said for the record. “Pure hate, as the motivating force,†he repeatedly declared.
http://www.archive.frontpagema.....ARTID=6946
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 09:28
Che put this pedagogy into action at La Cabana prison:
A Cuban gentleman named Pierre San Martin was among those jailed by Che Guevara in the early months of the Cuban Revolution. In an El Nuevo Herald article from December 28, 1997 San Martin recalled the horrors: “Thirteen of us were crammed into a cell. Sixteen of us would stand while the other sixteen tried to sleep on the cold filthy floor. We took shifts that way. Dozens were led from the cells to the firing squad daily. The volleys kept us awake. We felt that any one of those minutes would be our last.
One morning the horrible sound of that rusty steel door swinging open startled us awake and Che’s guards shoved a new prisoner into our cell. He was a boy, maybe 14 years old. His face was bruised and smeared with blood. “What did you do?†We asked horrified. “I tried to defend my papa,†gasped the bloodied boy. “But they sent him to the firing squad.â€
Soon Che’s guards returned. The rusty steel door opened and they yanked the boy out of the cell. “We all rushed to the cell’s window that faced the execution pit,†recalls Mr. San Martin. “We simply couldn’t believe they’d murder him.
“Then we spotted him, strutting around the blood-drenched execution yard with his hands on his waist and barking orders — Che Guevara himself.
‘Kneel down!’ Che barked at the boy.
“Assassins!†we screamed from our window.
“I said: KNEEL DOWN!†Che barked again.
The boy stared Che resolutely in the face. “If you’re going to kill me,†he yelled, “you’ll have to do it while I’m standing! Men die standing!â€
“Murderers!†the men yelled desperately from their cells. “Then we saw Che unholstering his pistol. He put the barrel to the back of the boys neck and blasted. The shot almost decapitated the young boy.
“We erupted…’Murderers! — Assassins!’â€
His murder finished, Che finally looked up at us, pointed his pistol, and emptied his clip in our direction. Several of us were wounded by his shots.â€
http://www.discoverthenetworks.....indid=2054
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 09:26
Help,
Have you read, “The Autobiography of Fidel Castro� The book is not actually written by Fidel, but by a long time friend of his, the writer Norberto Fuentes, who wrote in the voice of Fidel, and who swears everything in the book is true. Fuentes was a long time supporter of the Cuban Revolution, but he eventually had a falling out with Castro over the betrayal and execution of General Ochoa. Castro tossed Fuentes in prison for a while, but eventually released him and allowed him to emigrate to Spain.
Fuentes claims Fidel talked Che into going to Bolivia and then set him up for assassination by tipping off the CIA about his location. He did this to get rid of a popular rival, a growing embarrassment to the revolution, and to create a necessary martyr.
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiog.....0393068994
I’m sure some of the people Che executed were indeed bad guys. Batista did have some nasty thugs working for him. However, Che also executed priests, journalists and opposition politicians who committed no crime other than criticizing Fidel & the Revolution. The death list included many of Fidel’s fellow revolutionaries who dared complain when he reneged on his promise to hold free & fair elections.
In his own words, Che on executions:
“We must create the pedagogy of the paredon (firing squad.)†Che instructed his Revolutionary Tribunals: “We don’t need proof to execute a man. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.â€
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 09:24
Help,
Have you read, “The Autobiography of Fidel Castro”? The book is not actually written by Fidel, but by a long time friend of his, the writer Norberto Fuentes, who wrote in the voice of Fidel, and who swears everything in the book is true. Fuentes was a long time supporter of the Cuban Revolution, but he eventually had a falling out with Castro over the betrayal and execution of General Ochoa. Castro tossed Fuentes in prison for a while, but eventually released him and allowed him to emigrate to Spain.
Fuentes claims Fidel talked Che into going to Bolivia and then set him up for assassination by tipping off the CIA about his location. He did this to get rid of a popular rival, a growing embarrassment to the revolution, and to create a necessary martyr.
http://www.amazon.com/Autobiog.....0393068994
I’m sure some of the people Che executed were indeed bad guys. Batista did have some nasty thugs working for him. However, Che also executed priests, journalists and opposition politicians who committed no crime other than criticizing Fidel & the Revolution. The death list included many of Fidel’s fellow revolutionaries who dared complain when he reneged on his promise to hold free & fair elections.
In his own words, Che spoke about executions:
“We must create the pedagogy of the paredon (firing squad.)” Che instructed his Revolutionary Tribunals: “We don’t need proof to execute a man. We only need proof that it’s necessary to execute him. A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.”
Che put this pedagogy into action at La Cabana prison:
A Cuban gentleman named Pierre San Martin was among those jailed by Che Guevara in the early months of the Cuban Revolution. In an El Nuevo Herald article from December 28, 1997 San Martin recalled the horrors: “Thirteen of us were crammed into a cell. Sixteen of us would stand while the other sixteen tried to sleep on the cold filthy floor. We took shifts that way. Dozens were led from the cells to the firing squad daily. The volleys kept us awake. We felt that any one of those minutes would be our last.
One morning the horrible sound of that rusty steel door swinging open startled us awake and Che’s guards shoved a new prisoner into our cell. He was a boy, maybe 14 years old. His face was bruised and smeared with blood. “What did you do?” We asked horrified. “I tried to defend my papa,” gasped the bloodied boy. “But they sent him to the firing squad.”
Soon Che’s guards returned. The rusty steel door opened and they yanked the boy out of the cell. “We all rushed to the cell’s window that faced the execution pit,” recalls Mr. San Martin. “We simply couldn’t believe they’d murder him.
“Then we spotted him, strutting around the blood-drenched execution yard with his hands on his waist and barking orders — Che Guevara himself. ‘Kneel down!’ Che barked at the boy.
“Assassins!” we screamed from our window.
“I said: KNEEL DOWN!” Che barked again.
The boy stared Che resolutely in the face. “If you’re going to kill me,” he yelled, “you’ll have to do it while I’m standing! Men die standing!”
“Murderers!” the men yelled desperately from their cells. “Then we saw Che unholstering his pistol. He put the barrel to the back of the boys neck and blasted. The shot almost decapitated the young boy.
“We erupted…’Murderers! — Assassins!’” His murder finished, Che finally looked up at us, pointed his pistol, and emptied his clip in our direction. Several of us were wounded by his shots.”
“Evidence is an archaic bourgeois detail. We execute from revolutionary conviction.” -Ernesto Che Guevera
Che on nuclear war:
“If the missiles had remained we would have used them against the very heart of the United States, including New York,” he told the London Daily Worker in November of 1962. “We must never establish peaceful co-existence. We must walk the path of victory even if it costs millions of atomic victims.” [29]
“Extermination,” Che stressed. “Millions of atomic victims,” he said for the record. “Pure hate, as the motivating force,” he repeatedly declared.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.....indid=2054
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 08:35
Kenneth, lot’s of truth in what you say. To understand how much worse it is in Cuba, you have to go live there. At least we can complain and sometimes change things in the USA.
Griffin, your comments are right on. Cube Libre is just a troll who likes bugging Cubans.
You know, if Che really killed bad people, then I’d say the Che lovers had a point, but almost all the people Che killed were innocent and many did more fighting against Batista than Che did! Che was a nutjob on the level of Pol Pot and if Fidel hadn’t got rid of him, he could have killed millions of Cubans. Fidel was a boy scout in comparison.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 06:53
I sincerely regret what I about to post, but the same condition (to a minor degree) exists in the USA. Federal Government employees exist in a world of their own, with salaries and “perks” far above those of employees in the private sector. I truly believe that those employees are unable to understand the problems of the private sector, and frankly, care less! They exist in a world insulated from the financial realities of the real world, and frankly, don’t care.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 05:52
Humberto, I apologize to the community for the insulting tone of my comment. However, when CL strays from merely praising his thuggish heroes in his typically uninformed manner and starts wishing Che could have murdered even more people, there has to be a limit to decent forbearance. It is unacceptable to use these pages call for death. CL’s comment #26 was disgusting and contemptible.
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 01:31
Miguel Angel !! GIVE THANKS TO THE PERSON WHO DID THAT ENGLISH TRANSLATION! GOD KNOWS THAT T.V./RADIO MARTI WONT EVER DO THAT! I HAVE ASKED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WHY THEY DONT TRANSLATE THE MAIN HEADLINES INTO ENGLISH BUT THEY HAVE NEVER HAD THE COURTESY TO RESPOND TO MY E-MAILS, TWITTER MESSAGES OR FACEBOOK COMMENTS ON THAT SUBJECT! BUT NO MATTER, WILL BE WRITING A “NICE” LETTER TO USAID AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT! IF THEY CAN TRANSMIT TO THE MIAMI CUBAN AMERICANS IN SPANISH, INCLUDING BASEBALL GAMES THERE IS NOT EXCUSE WHY A VERSION IN ENGLISH OF THEIR MAIN CUBA NEWS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THEIR BUDGET!
Septiembre 26th, 2012 at 00:47
Please, will someone show this open letter by Cuban doctors to Michael Moore and other apologists of the Castro fascist tyranny.
http://www.thecubanhistory.com.....ul-castro/
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 23:30
I THINK IF WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE CASTROFASCISTS/APOLOGIST OR ANYONE WILLING TO DEBATE IN THIS FORUM WE SHOULD ALL SHOW RESPECT!! WE ARE HERE TO DEBATE WITH ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN BE VERIFIED!HECK EVEN WITH CUBADEBATE! BUT THAT WILL PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT WITH ME! LINKS WILL BE APPRECIATED IN THE RING!
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 21:27
CL: you really are an insufferable idiot. Your pathetic idolatry of thugs and monsters is sickening. Seek professional help. Or failing that go find some macho S&M dominant to bugger you.
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 20:15
It really is a shame that El Che decided to leave Cuba and not finish off what he started. His idea of a “new man” was an ideal many should have adopted. Too bad he didn`t stick around to rid the island of the maggotts and leeches that even dare call themselves Cuban.
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 20:07
“Simba” IS NOT GOING TO LIKE ME POSTING ALL THESE ARTICLES THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO YOANI’S BLOG POST! JE JE JE! IM SUCH A SPAMMER!! JE JE JE!
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS: Call for release of independent journalist accused of insulting president - Published on Monday 24 September 2012.
Harassment of dissidents has never really stopped since Raúl Castro became president in 2006 but, if they are detained, it is usually for short spells. The arrest of Calixto Ramón MartÃnez Arias, a reporter for the independent Hablemos Press agency, could prove to be the exception and could hark back to an era when dissidents were detained for longer periods.
MartÃnez was arrested on 16 September and has been held ever since on a charge of insulting the president, which could lead to a three-year prison sentence.
“It is hard to see how the investigation into a spoiled consignment of medicines that MartÃnez was carrying out at the time of his arrest, or his earlier revelations about cholera and dengue, which the authorities confirmed, could result in a charge of insulting the president,” Reporters Without Borders said.
“This charge is totally absurd, just as any attempt to make an example out of this case will be futile. Information of public interest should be disseminated, discussed and debated. Such a debate is clearly lacking in the official media, one of whose journalists is still detained while others have chosen exile. We call for MartÃnez’s immediate release.”
Reporters Without Borders added: “The Cuban government must accept civil society’s right to ask questions and report information in accordance with the conventions on civil and political rights it signed in 2008, but has not yet ratified. Will the other members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) remind it of the need to respect this principle?”
Hablemos Press editor Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez tried without success on 21 September to obtain permission to visit MartÃnez, who was arrested near José Martà international airport. Dissident journalists who were present were threatened with arrest and some were briefly detained.
According to the latest information, MartÃnez was transferred to Enrique Cabrera Hospital on 20 September for treatment to blows he received to the left eye.
MartÃnez is being persecuted by the authorities, who want him to go back to Camagüey, where he was from, although he now lives and works in Havana. In the past 10 years, he has been sent back to Camagüey ten times, although the law on internal migration, which used to make it hard for provincial residents to move to the capital, was relaxed at the end of 2011.
He is the third Hablemos Press journalist to be detained this month.
Government journalists defect
The day that MartÃnez was arrested, Mairelys Cuevas Gómez, an editor with the Communist Party newspaper Granma, took advantage of a working visit to Mexico to go the US border and request asylum.
She was following the example of Luis López Viera, the sports editor of Juventud Rebelde, another official newspaper, who asked the British immigration authorities for asylum a month earlier, on 15 August, as the London Olympics were ending.
Reporters Without Borders would like to hear the Cuban government’s reaction to the departure of journalists it employs, and to know more about the fate of José Antonio Torres, another reporter for the Cuban state media, who has been held for more than a year on an unexplained charge of spying.
http://en.rsf.org/cuba-call-fo.....43441.html
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 19:46
OF COURSE, THE CUBAN “GOVERNMENT” DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE CUBANS NOMINATED IN THE LATIN GRAMMY’S FROM THE DIASPORA! THIS COMPARISON/ISSUE WILL MOST LIKELY NOT COME OUT IN THE MAINSTREAM SPANISH OR ENGLISH PRESS! SO USE OUR GOOGLE TRANSLATOR IF YOU DONT READ SPANISH! BUT YOU CAN DO THE LIST VERY EASILY EVEN WITHOUT THE LANGUAGE ISSUE!
JUVENTUD REBELDE (Cuba paper): Músicos cubanos nominados a los Grammy Latinos en cuatro categorÃas - El maestro Leo Brouwer, Eliades Ochoa, Manuel Galbán y la orquesta de música bailable al mando de Juan Formell, Los Van Van, optarán por el Grammy Latino el próximo 15 de noviembre
LOS ÃNGELES, septiembre 25. _ Los prestigiosos músicos cubanos Leo Brouwer, Eliades Ochoa, Manuel Galbán y la agrupación Juan Formell y Los Van Van resultaron elegidos por la Academia Latina de la Grabación para concursar en la presente edición de los premios Grammy Latino, .
Reporta Prensa Latina que en la categorÃa de Mejor Composición Clásica Contemporánea, Brouwer, el mas importante compositor cubano del siglo XX, fue nominado por Cuarteto Cuarteto n º 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur (Know la materia y la Palabra de seguir la voluntad), del sello Zoho Music.
Por su parte, en el apartado Mejor Ãlbum Tropical Tradicional, Eliades Ochoa se alzó con Un Bolero Para Ti, de las casas discográficas EGREM y ACDAM.
El fonograma de Ochoa, uno de los más importantes soneros cubanos de todos los tiempos, reúne boleros antológicos cubanos, interpretados por el artista y el Cuarteto Patria.
La propuesta discográfica de Van Van, La Maquinaria, de las disqueras EGREM y ACDAM, electo como Mejor Album Tropical Contempóraneo, incluye temas bailables como RecÃbeme y Eso que anda, y abarca la sonoridad de los años 1980 y 1990 con nuevos arreglos.
Como Best Long Form Music Video, fue nominado el disco Blue Cha Cha, de Manuel Galván (1931-2011), una fusión de la guitarra y la percusión, del sello Concord Picante.
La ceremonia de los Grammys Latinos se llevará a cabo el próximo 15 de noviembre en el Mandalay Bay Events Center de Las Vegas.
Previo a la fiesta musical, se realizan eventos como Sesiones Acústicas y Fiestas Callejeras, en seis ciudades en Estados Unidos, Brasil (Sao Paulo) y México, según los organizadores.
La gala de los premios también se incluye la entrega de los Premios Especiales y el tributo a la Persona del Año, que en esta ocasión honrará al productor, compositor y activista brasileño Caetano Veloso, adelantaron.
DIARIO DE CUBA: Quince artistas de la Isla aparecen entre los candidatos, entre ellos Chuchito Valdés, Los Van Van, Eliades Ochoa, Leo Brower, Paquito D’Rivera y Tania León.
El trompetista Arturo Sandoval, con dos álbumes y tres nominaciones, preside la lista de cubanos candidatos a los Grammy Latinos 2012, informó este martes la Academia Latina de la Grabación.
También resultados nominados Chuchito Valdés (2), Los Van Van, Eliades Ochoa, Leo Brower y Paquito D’Rivera, entre otros.
Los premios de la academia latina se entregarán el próximo 15 de noviembre en Las Vegas, con transmisión de Univisión a las 20 horas del Este.
Lista de cubanos nominados:
Ãlbum del Año: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), de Arturo Sandoval Gregg Field & Arturo Sandoval, producers; Gregg Field & Don Murray, engineers/mixers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer [Concord Jazz]
Mejor Ãlbum de Tango: Tango Como Yo Te Siento, de Arturo Sandoval [Look & Feel]
Mejor Ãlbum Folclórico: Piano & Charango, de Chuchito Valdés & Eddy Navia [Sukay- Pachamama]
Mejor Ãlbum de Jazz Latino: Live In Chicago, de Chuchito Valdés [Music Roots Records] y Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You), de Arturo Sandoval [Concord Jazz]
Mejor Ãlbum Tropical Contemporáneo: La Maquinaria, de Juan Formell y Los Van Van [EGREM / ACDAM]; Volando Alto - Made On The Road, de Elain [Melomania Productions]
Mejor Ãlbum Tropical Tradicional: La Trova De Siempre, de Quinteto Criollo [Insitu]; Un Bolero Para Ti, de Eliades Ochoa [EGREM / ACDAM]; Guarachando, de Miguel GarcÃa [MG Music]
Mejor Nuevo Artista: ElaÃn
Mejor Ãlbum de Música Latina Para Niños: Canciones De Agua, de Rita Rosa y Amigos [Zunzún Arts And Education Inc.]
Mejor Ãlbum Instrumental: DÃa Y Medio, de Paquito D’Rivera & Berta Rojas [On Music Recordings]
Mejor Obra/Composición Clásica Contemporánea: Quartet # 4 - Rem Tene Verba Sequentur (Know The Matter And The Word Will Follow), de Leo Brouwer, composer (Havana String Quartet) Track from: The String Quartets - String Trio [Zoho Music]; Preludio Nº 1, de Aurelio De La Vega, composer (Elizabeth Rebozo) Track from: Live In L.A. [Rycy Productions]; Inura, de Tania León, composer (Tania León) Track from: Tania León: In Motion [Albany Records]; Seducción, de Yalil Guerra, composer (Elizabeth Rebozo) Track from: Live In LA [Rycy Productions]
Mejor Video Musical Versión Larga: Blue Cha Cha, de Manuel Galbán. Ernesto Daranas Serrano, video director; Vania Valdés, video producer [Montuno/Concord Picante]
Canción del Año: Invisible, de Amaury Gutiérrez & Gian Marco, songwriters (Gian Marco) Track from: 20 Años [E35 Music / Caracola Records]
http://www.diariodecuba.com/cu.....my-latinos
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 19:02
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE ON THIS TOPIC!
HUFFINGTON POST LIVE: Too Much Salsa & Mojitos - US Treasury tightened up their “people-to-people” Cuba travel policy because it was abused for general tourism. What should be the purpose of US travel to the island? Originally aired on September 25, 2012
networkedblogs.com/CCUaQ
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 13:38
READ ENTIRE LETTER IN LINK: Senate Letter for Release of Alan Gross 9-24-12 - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has sent a letter to Cuban President Raul Castro urging the release of an American contractor jailed in Cuba for nearly three years, saying his detention is “a major obstacle” to improving relations.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/13.....ss-9-24-12
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 13:02
GROUND REPORT: Cuban Journalist Charged with Disrespecting Castros
Press rights group highlights absurdity of arresting Calixto Ramón MartÃnez Ãrias for reporting on matters of public interest.
An independent journalist in Cuba, Calixto Ramón MartÃnez Ãrias, is to be charged with being disrespectful towards Raúl and Fidel Castro, the country’s current and former presidents.
MartÃnez Ãrias, a correspondent for the independent news agency Hablemos Press, was detained on September 16. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence of one to three years.
The authorities maintained silence on MartÃnez Ãrias’s detention for nearly 72 hours, until Captain Marisela of the Santiago de las Vegas police department in Havana province announced that the detainee was to be charged with “the crime of aggravated disrespectâ€.
In Cuban law, the criminal offence of “disrespect†is a broad term covering defamation or other insults towards government officials, and carries more severe penalties when the head of state or another top figure is involved.
The authorities have not yet said when and how they believe MartÃnez Ãrias insulted the Castro brothers.
The journalist was detained at Havana’s international airport while investigating a story about a damaged shipment of medicines sent by the World Health Organisation.
The law requires the police to allow communication with detained persons, but in this case access was not only obstructed, but a lawyer and editor were themselves temporarily detained when they made inquiries about MartÃnez Ãrias.
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http://www.groundreport.com/Po.....ro/2948233
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 12:21
Yoani this post is direct and precise hitting the bulls eye right at the center. The elite.
The elite,
the same one that denies other Cubans the majority of the human rights they reserve only for themselves. The undeniable fact that the elite is totally out of touch with the average Cuban. The fact that they are no more Cuban than a Spanish citizen or a French. Because they live in the fictitious Cuba the one in the Cuban news and press and more importantly they never get affected by their ridiculous bad decisions.
They with their special status and benefits are just mercenaries. That have sold themselves to the ruling elite but they should be the same as any Cuban without any privileges because it is dishonest and immoral to be otherwise.
Excellent Post!
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 11:59
I DONT THINK WRITING LETTERS TO THE CASTROFASCISTS WILL DO ANY GOOD AS FAR AS GETTING ALAN GROSS RELEASED! WHAT IS NEEDED IS TO HIT THEM IN THE POCKETBOOK! LIMIT TRIPS TO CUBA BY CUBAN-AMERICANS, LIMIT REMITTANCES AND IF THEY WANT THESE CULTURAL EXCHANGES, THEN LETS DO ONE FOR ONE WITH SOME CUBAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS INCLUDED! THAT WILL DO MORE FOR THE RELEASE OF ALAN GROSS THAN ANY LETTER!
ABC NEWS: 44 Senators Write Cuban President About Alan Gross - By JESSICA GRESKO
Forty-four senators have written to Cuba’s president to call for the release of a Maryland man imprisoned in Cuba for almost three years.
The one-page letter released Tuesday is signed by 34 Democrats, nine Republicans and independent Joseph Lieberman. It says that the detention of Alan Gross is a major obstacle to improving relations between Cuba and the United States.
Gross was working as a U.S. government contractor when he was arrested in 2009. The 63-year-old was sentenced to a 15-year prison term for crimes against the state after he brought restricted communications equipment to the communist island nation while on a democracy-building program.
Among the letter’s signatories are both of Maryland’s senators, Democrats Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireS.....GHTlFHFWSo
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 11:46
YOUTUBE VIDEO: New method of repression in Cuba: trespassing and destruction of dissidents’ homes -Misahel Valdés DÃaz of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia CÃvica y Desobediencia Civil Orlando Zapata Tamayo (National Front of Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience Orlando Zapata Tamayo) in Palma Soriano, denounces the state his home was left after being raided and its walls and furniture destroyed by agents of the State Security in retaliation for his activism in favor of freedom and human rights of the Cuban people. The incident occurred on September 6, 2012 at the end of a protest march he participated in the streets of Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba.
Nuevo método de represión en Cuba: allanamiento y destrucción de viviendas - Misahel Valdés DÃaz delegado del Frente Nacional de Resistencia CÃvica y Desobediencia Civil Orlando Zapata Tamayo en Palma Soriano, denuncia el estado en el que quedó su vivienda después de ser allanada y destruidas sus paredes y muebles por agentes de la Seguridad del Estado como represalia por su activismo a favor de la libertad y los derechos humanos del pueblo cubano. El hecho ocurrió el 6 de septiembre de 2012 al terminar una marcha opositora en las calles de Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....r_embedded
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 10:46
I mean, “anything that doesn’t contradict”
Sheesh.
Septiembre 25th, 2012 at 10:35
Cuba Liar,
Jon Lee Anderson is lying. He defines “credible” by meaning anything that contradicts the heroic myth of Che. Even Che admitted to killing innocent people.
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 22:19
C.L.! SO LETS SEE, ONE LEFTIST GRINGO’S VERSION OF CUBAN HISTORY TRUMPS DOCUMENTED PROOF BY THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES??? MOST OF THEM WHO FOUGHT AGAINST BATISTA HIMSELF?? NOW LETS SEE WHO HAS MORE LEGAL LEGITIMACY!! DONT GET ME STARTED AMIGO!
Cuba Archive’s Truth and Memory Project is documenting deaths and disappearances resulting from the Cuban revolution and studies transitional issues related to truth, memory and justice.
This project seeks to compel people and nations to help Cubans peacefully attain their rightful freedoms, foster a culture of respect for life and the rule of law, and honor the memory of those who’ve paid the highest price.
RESEARCH REPORTS: The Database of Documented Cases contains electronic records for cases cited in any reports and the section Case Profiles has narratives on selected cases.
EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES REPRESENTS INDIVIDUAL REPORTS ON SAID TOPIC:
Update of Findings, 1/25/2012
Che Guevara’s Forgotten Victims
Deaths by hunger strike
Che Guevara’s Forgotten Victims
Deaths Reported in 2008
Deaths Reported in 2007
Foreigners killed by Cuba
U.S. citizens victims of the Cuban regime
Civilians killed for attempting to flee Cuba
Minors killed by the Cuban regime
The Tugboat Massacre of July 13, 1994
The Canimar River Massacre of July 6, 1980
Female victims of the Cuban regime
Spaniards killed in Cuba
Adult males killed by the Cuban regime
Deaths or disappearances in detention
List of Che Guevara’s victims in Cuba 1957-1959
cubaarchive.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=95
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 21:58
Cuba Libre!! WHERE IS THE LINKO AMIGO! WE LOVE LINKS IN THIS COMMENT SECTION!
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 21:55
CL,
How do you think Che would have punished you? Would you have gone willingly to the firing squad for illegally purchasing a house in Cuba and stealing land rightfully owned by Cubans? It sounds like you are all for extrajudicial slaying. So which is it?
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 21:40
“I have yet to find a single credible source pointing to a case where Che executed ‘an innocent’. Those persons executed by Guevara or on his orders were condemned for the usual crimes punishable by death at times of war or in its aftermath: desertion, treason or crimes such as rape, torture or murder. I should add that my research spanned five years, and included anti-Castro Cubans among the Cuban-American exile community in Miami and elsewhere.”
— Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life, PBS forum[104]
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 21:30
Cuba Libre !! I HATE TO TELL YOU, BUT WITHOUT A TRIAL EVERYONE IS INNOCENT TILL PROVEN GUILTY! EVEN DURING THE REVOLUTION THEY COULD HAVE KEPT THEM IN JAIL TILL THEY HAD A TRIAL! BUT KEEP MAKING EXCUSES FOR THE CASTROFASCISTS, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON YOU!
Che Guevara “We shot, gun shot and continue
“We shot, shoot them and continue shooting.”
The Hidden Face of Che. The executions
“On several occasions Che came subtly. He climbed that wall. It was difficult to raise it because I had a ladder. He lay on his back smoking a cigar there and watch the executions. That was said in all the soldiers of La Cabaña. My soldiers told me: “When we were in the firing squad, we saw Che smoking a snuff up on the wall.” We gave strength to those about to shoot. For those soldiers who had never seen Che, was an important thing. It gave them courage. ”
Here is the testimony of Dariel Alarcon Ramirez, alias “Benigno”, one of the oldest and most faithful companions in arms of Che Guevara, a survivor of the guerrillas in Bolivia, a political exile in France since 1996. “Benign” Che blindly followed in all his adventures, first in the guerrilla war against Batista, then as a member of the government in Cuba, at last in the Congo and Bolivia. At that time, did not question anything. For him, all these acts were part of a common goal: a global fight against injustice. Revolution and repression were indissolubly complementary. It took years before daring to criticize the figure of Che and accept that it was not only the rebel guerrillas against Batista’s dictatorship but also one of the main responsible for the repression carried out by the revolutionary government ”
Chapter of the book La face cachée Jacobo Machover du Che. Buchet-Chastel publishing. Paris, September 2007
CHE INFORMATION WEB SITE Mark Humphrys
//markhumphrys.com/che.html
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 21:22
Humberto, my hermano, I never denied the fact that El Che executed or ordered the execution of hundreds of men. Like in any other war era or its aftermath, he ordered the execution of traitors to the cause, deserters, or men who committed crimes such as rape, torture or murder.
Here in our democratic society we don`t execute them aside from a few American States who still carry capital punishment. Here instead we send them to jail which costs the taxpayers miilions of dollars to support and maintain them, or we send the for psychiatric help, and with a good lawyer, more than likely murderers will get away with their crime.
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 20:39
OHH GOOODY! THE CUBAN RATION CARD IS HERE!! COME ON C.L. LEAVE YOUR ABODE AND LIVE IN CUBA, THE “ISLAND PARADISE” BUT AS A CUBAN NOT A LEFTIST HYPOCRITE WITH DOLLARS! AND I HOP YOURE NOT A SMOKER! OR LIKE POTATOES, OR HAVE BAD TEETH, OR LIKE TO SMELL CLEAN SINCE TOOTPASTE AND SOAP HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RATION CARDS TWO YEARS AGO!
LATIN AMERICAN HERALD TRIBUNE: Cubans See Their Ration Cards Get Thinner and Thinner - By Anett Rios - September 24,2012
HAVANA – Tobacco is being removed from the Cuban ration cards starting Wednesday, just as potatoes were removed in 2009 within the framework of the “updating of socialism†process whereby President Raul Castro intends to put an end to the excesses of the island’s welfare state.
The end of the cigarette quota received by Cubans virtually at cost is stirring up controversy regarding whether or not it is appropriate to continue with the ration cards and fueling expectations of yet more changes.
In use since 1962, the ration cards give Cuba’s 11.2 million citizens the right to buy at nominal prices grains, sugar, chicken, fish, eggs, rice, coffee, cooking oil, pasta and bread, among other products, according to a meticulous system of regulations that takes into account factors such as the person’s age and place of residence.
Many Cubans say that the monthly allocation of goods supplied to them at subsidized prices does not last them more than one or two weeks, after which they must turn to the hard-currency stores at unregulated prices or to the black market.
Magalys Huerta, a 43-year-old worker, says that the best option would be to eliminate the card but the state has guaranteed a constant supply of products at prices commensurate with wages, which average around $17 a month.
“Nothing that (the card) provides is enough. In the end, I have the pressure of seeking a shopkeeper who will sell me what I need before things run out. I’d prefer to buy what I need when I need it,†Huerta told Efe.
Beatriz, 29, says the card “doesn’t fulfill expectations†and it is absurd that products like sanitary napkins are still distributed in accord with the system that for years has favored “illegalities.â€
In addition to the measures related to the card, other regulations to reduce state expenditures and imports are emerging, including the closure of workplace coffee shops.
CLICK LINK FOR ENTIRE ARTICLE!
http://www.laht.com/article.as.....ryId=14510
MIAMI HERALD: Price of toothpaste to soar amid ration cuts - Prices for soap, toothpaste and other items are likely to spike after Cuba announced it will drop personal hygiene items from its ration card. - By JUAN TAMAYO - Thursday, 12.30.10
Cuba will cut soap, toothpaste and liquid detergent from its ration card on Saturday to slash subsidies, according to a government ruling published Wednesday.
Interior Commerce Minister Jacinto Angulo Pardo signed the Dec. 17 ruling removing the three items from the ration card. It was published in the Official Gazette and the blog Penultimos Dias.
A bottle of liquid detergent is rising from 3.75 Cuban pesos to 25, and a roughly 4.2-ounce tube of toothpaste that now sells for 65 cents will rise to eight pesos. Bathroom and laundry soap will rise from 25 cents and 40 cents to four and five pesos, depending on size.
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 20:24
Cuba Libre! DONT GET ME STARTED WITH CHE OK! YOU KNOW I GOT A LOT OF AMMUNITION!
216 DOCUMENTED VICTIMS OF CHÉ GUEVARA IN CUBA: 1957 TO 1959 From Armando M. Lago, Ph.D.´s - Cuba: The Human Cost of Social Revolution
http://www.cubaarchive.org/downloads/CA08.pdf
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 20:14
Cuba Libre,
And how quick you are to forget that it is illegal to purcahse a house in Cuba via a straw man arrangement. How’s that transaction going? Strange that we haven’t heard any updates, as you were so proud of it when you first announced it. It will be getting mighty cold in Canada soon. Hope you will be closing the deal soon. Please let us know, Umkay?
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 19:44
How quick we are to forget the things that don`t support your defamtory cause. Its called selective memory. How quick we forget how El Che himself, instead of taking advantage of his position and rank went down into the fields to share the work at hand with the campesinos.
If all Cubans would put their hands to the task, instead of relying on the government to do everything for them, Cuba would be even a better place to live in. Unfortunatley there are far too many lazy people like you around Miss Sanchez, who would rather sit on their rear all day writing monstrocities and wait for their monthly rations to be given them. If you did only half the things you preach, life would be way better in Cuba.
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 19:28
Wow. Powerful.
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 19:20
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE: The Castro family playground- Blake Hounshell Friday, May 2, 2008
During the past few years family members of both Fidel and Raúl Castro have come to occupy important positions in Cuba’s government. This Castro clan represents in addition to the military, the security apparatus and the Communist Party, a significant force in Cuba’s political and economic structures.
Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart- Relationship: Fidel Castro’s son
Position: Advisor, Ministry of Basic Industry
Col. Alejandro Raúl Castro Espin - Position: Raúl Castro’s son
Position: Chief, Intelligence Information Services, Ministry of the Interior; Coordinator, Intelligence Exchange with China
Ramón Castro Ruz- Position: Fidel and Raúl’s oldest brother
Position: Advisor, Ministry of Sugar
Dr. Antonio Castro Soto - Position: Fidel Castro’s son
Position: Investment Chief, Frank Pais Hospital. Doctor for Cuba’s baseball team
Major Raúl Alejandro RodrÃguez Castro - Position: Raúl Castro’s grandson
Position: Raúl Castro’s military guard in charge of his personal security
Deborah Castro Espin - Position: Raúl Castro’s daughter
Position: Advisor, Ministry of Education
Mariela Castro Espin - Position: Raúl Castro’s daughter
Position: Head, Center for Sexual Education
Marcos Portal León - Position: Married to Raúl Castro’s niece
Position: In charge of nickel industry, member of the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party
Col. LuÃs Alberto RodrÃguez López-Calleja, Raúl Castro’s son-in-law
Chief Executive Officer of Grupo GAESA (Grupo de Administración de Empresas, S.A.) which supervises military enterprises
Alfonsito Fraga, Related to Raúl Castro
Ministry of Foreign Relations
blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/05/02/the_castro_family_playground
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 19:19
Fidel Castro, Inc.: A Global Conglomerate - By Maria C. Werlau
Because of the large, intricate, and secret nature of these business activities, expectedly, all estimates of Castro’s worth are imprecise. Nonetheless, even the best attempts appear to be well shy of the vast wealth under his command. The testimonies of former regime insiders provide telling snapshots of the enormous assets that Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl control. Arguably, they offer damning substantiation of their existence, regardless of their precise value at any given time -which appears to fluctuate widely as substantial assets apparently flow in and out constantly. What is striking about defectors’ accounts is their consistency. This is more impressive because they originate from independent sources unrelated to one another who have had dissimilar access to the structure of power and whose testimonies cover different events and stages and have been collected over a long period. In fact, over the years, many of these accounts have appeared in low-profile media reports in different countries or have been published as memoirs written almost exclusively in Spanish -far from the best-seller circuits and widely ignored by the international mainstream media.
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/123603241/CASTRO-INC
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 19:18
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE : A sweet life if you belong to Cuba’s upper crust- September 29 - Jonathan Curiel
Everyone knows that Cuba is one of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest countries. Its economic indices lag in nearly every category, including gross domestic product and household income. Yet the stereotype of Cuba as a strict post-Communist backwater - a kind of Shangri-la of egalitarianism - has taken a beating in the past year.
The revolution that Fidel Castro and Che Guevara brought to the island nation five decades ago has evolved into something unexpected: Guilty pleasure. As Dweck notes in his new book, ” Michael Dweck: Habana Libre,” some of the people he photographed are “embarrassed” about their relatively elite standing; others, he says, “are afraid to draw attention to it for fear the socialist government will punish them for having a good life.”
“Artists, writers, filmmakers, dancers - they live this secretive life under the radar in Cuba that is really cool and lends itself well to a narrative,” says Dweck. “I’m playing on the theme of privilege in a classless society.”
Not surprisingly, some Cubans didn’t want to cooperate with Dweck. One woman he met there told him, “I think this project is going to get a lot of people in trouble, and you’re on your own.” But Dweck, based in New York City, was never really on his own.
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articles.sfgate.com/2011-09-29/entertainment/30228138_1
Septiembre 24th, 2012 at 16:05
How true. So sad but true.
In Cuba, there really is a 1%. And the rest who count for nothing.