Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:49:34 PM
"I must admit, I greeted the news that Fidel Castro was stepping down with great pleasure. It is amazing how so many of us on the liberal wing of politics have allowed ourselves to be manipulated by his mad regime. It is cruel and oppressive and has reduced his people to misery."
"Cuba is a textbook example of how political mismanagement can push entire nations to the breadline. Economic statistics are wrapped up in propaganda. Thus we are told the economy surged 12 per cent last year, and wage growth was 5 per cent."
"Too often the darker side of Cuba is hidden by the lack of free reporting. There was a famous mass trial in 2003 of dissidents and journalists which saw 75 condemned to imprisonment. Some were found guilty for the thought crime of "lending books".
(The above is part of a column written by Liberal writer Chris Walker. In this this brief but effective article Walker gives some truths about Cuba which we all need to embrace.)
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