Castro Directs Anti-U.S. March in Havana

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_us_march

HAVANA - Fidel Castro directed a vast protest march past the U.S. mission here Tuesday, accusing the United States of preparing to free one of the hemisphere's worst terrorists as thousands of Cubans carried signs equating President Bush with Hitler.

The government-sponsored march coincides with a U.S. court deadline for evidence to be filed in the case of Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative and anti-Castro militant held on immigration charges at a detention center in El Paso, Texas. His lawyers are seeking his freedom as U.S. immigration authorities seek his deportation.

The Cuban president called Posada a "repugnant character" as well as a terrorist as he spoke to a sea of cheering Cubans along the coastal Malecon highway.

Cuba and Venezuela accuse the Cuban-born Posada of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner and staging bombings in Havana in 1997 and 1998. Together the attacks killed 74 people. Castro also has accused Posada and his colleagues of plotting to assassinate him at a summit in Panama in November 2000.

"We don't want revenge, we just want justice," said Lucia Roja, a retired educator. Although she is 67 and diabetic, Roja said, "It's important to be here — I've never missed a march."



Cuban President Fidel Castro watches a march outside of the U.S Interest Section building on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba,Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Castro accused the United States of seeking to rupture the minimum remaining diplomatic ties with his country, addressing tens of thousands of Cubans outside the American mission.(AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)

[Silverhair]

1. Yawn. Nothing new. He does that from time to time.

He has been doing that for over 45 years.

[K-W]

2. The new thing here is the US releasing an international terrorist

while claiming it is fighting a war on terrorism.

[Judi Lynn]

3. He's a reeking P.O.S. who murdered 73 absolutely helpless people

on an airliner, mid-flight, including the entire young Cuban fencing team, and medical students from Guyana. He has boasted to the press in later days that he sleeps like a baby, has never missed a night's sleep.



Young and old Luis Posada Carriles




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(Image is the body of Alberto Lovera, a Communist and professor who was assassinated in 1965 by Venezuela's police apparatus, DIGEPOL, headed by Posada Carriles.)

Caracas, July 17 (LP) A man previously tortured under the orders of Posada Carriles in Venezuela revealed a list of more than 60 people killed by groups led by the Cuban born criminal.

Angel Bastides, a former member of the Communist Youth, then arrested by a group from the Police General Division (DIGEPOL) headed by Posada Carriles, denounced that many of the killers are still free.

Bastidas ascertained Posada, already wanted by Venezuelan justice from the United States, has played a role in the repression of civil rights activists in the 1960 and 70´s.

Venezuela is currently clamoring for the extradition of the Cuban born terrorist with a Venezuelan citizenship, responsible of the blowing of the a Cuban plane in mid-air, which took the lives of 73 people.

In an article published in “Todo Adentro” weekly edition, Bastidas recalls that Posada was one of several Cubans counter-revolutionaries hired by the Venezuelan government during the term of 1965 -1970 to lead repression.
(snip/...)

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/1717266.php

[Mika]

4. Yep. Nothing new. Over 10% of Cuba shows up to march in one city.

Move along.. nothing for travel banned Americans to see here.

[Silverhair]

5. Like they had a choice in the matter. NT

[Judi Lynn]

7. If you have some information indicating Cubans are actually forced

to attend public events, please do everyone a favor, and post links. We could use the education.

[Silverhair]

9. It IS a dictatorship. NT

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. That was not the question asked. -nt

[Silverhair]

11. In a dictatorship with a brutal human rights record like Cuba's, ...

...one learns that a polite invitation from the party is a COMMAND. He doesn't need to speak the "or else", because everybody knows that it is there.

Add in 45 years of information control, and El Supremeo pretty much gets what he wants.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. So it's speculation. -nt

[Mika]

14. You are suggesting that Cubans are sympathetic to Posada, murderer of 73?

If so, you have a twisted view of Cubans in Cuba.

Cubans marched for justice. Why is that such a hard concept for you to grasp?

--

FYI, Cubans can read most all of the international press, which is available at local news stands and their libraries.

Travel banned Americans don't know this.. speaking of information control.

[Silverhair]

25. Try starting a genuine frees press there.

Do you see any discussion boards like this one, hosted by Cuba?

How much internet access is there in Cuba?

And why do you see people making rafts out of old pickups to leave Cuba for the U.S., and none the other way around?

[Judi Lynn]

29. Why do you learn there are hundreds of people from Haiti and from

the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries who drown annually trying to get to the United States, even knowing that if they do make it, they stand every chance of being spotted, thrown in jail, and sent home?

Why do you learn there are HUNDREDS of deaths annually from California to Texas along the southern border by drowning or exposure in the desert, with THOSE people being completely aware that if they are caught, they will be thrown in prison then returned to the other side of the border?

THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ENCOURAGED by inducements like free instant legal status (no prison, no trips home), access to U.S. taxpayer-funded Section 8 housing, welfare, food stamps, social security, medical treatment, and financial assistance for education, a whole range of benefits NOT GIVEN TO ANY OTHER GROUP?

How much internet access is available to a country under a crushing embargo? Who do you think uses all those computers American groups like Pastors for Peace, IFCO, and others, as well as Cuban "exiles" going back home for visits carrying computers with them in tv programs you've seen on "60 Minutes," etc. manage to take to Cuba? What do you know about internet access in ANY Central or Southern American country, or Caribbean country?

Why don't you try to do some research?

[Judi Lynn]

30. Maybe you could share your knowledge about people who have

tried to start genuine free presses in Cuba. Please don't hold back.

If you're making these charges, you really should have the information to back it up.

[K-W]

31. "why do you see people making rafts"

For the same reason people from all over the world try to get to the United States, because US policies create economic growth in the US while supressing growth in less powerful countries. The US has been waging economic war on Cuba for decades and you wonder why someone might want to leave a small oppressed Island and move to the richest country in the world?

All you have is well worn innuendo. You clearly have no clue what is really going on in Cuba and you have clearly made no attempt to find out. You are just here to make sure none of the crazy lefties dare to speak of the Cuban people as humans or suggest that Castro may not actually be the devil in disguise.

[Judi Lynn]

32. True! In fact, even US-slanted news services have started referring to

the travelers from Cuba to the U.S. as "migrants," rather than "refugees," which they used for decades.

A clearer look at these people comes from a book written by a former N.Y. Times journalist who spent some time researching a book in Cuba:

In Cuba, one used to b either a revolucionario or a contrarevolucionario, while those who decided to leave were gusanos (worms) or escoria (scum). In Miami, the rhetoric has also been harsh. Exiles who do not endorse a confrontational policy with Cuba, seeking instead a negotiated settlement, have often been excoriated as traidores (traitors) and sometimes espías (spies). Cubans, notably cultural stars, who visit Miami but chooses to return to their homeland have been routinely denounced. One either defects or is repudiated.

But there has been a slow but steady shift in the last decade-a not to the clear majority of Cubans en exilio and on the island who crave family reunification. Since 1978, more than one million airline tickets have been sold for flights from Miami to Havana. Faced with the brisk and continuous traffic between Miami and Havana, hard-liners on both sides have opted to deny the new reality. Anomalies such as the phenomenon of reverse balseros, Cubans who, unable to adapt to the pressures and bustle of entrepreneurial Miami, return to the island, or gusañeros, expatriots who send a portion of their earnings home in exchange for unfettered travel back and forth to Cuba (the term is a curious Cuban hybrid of gusano and compañero, or comrade), are unacknowledged by both sides, as are those who live in semi-exilio, returning home to Cuba for long holidays.

Page XVIII
Preface
Cuba Confidential
Love and Vengeance
In Miami and Havana

Copyright© 2002 by Ann Louise Bardach



Ann Louise Bardach

[Vidar]

21. "ERROR: No such user profile"--wonder why

[Silverhair]

24. What does that have to do with anything? NT

[Judi Lynn]

28. Who's "El Supremeo?"

I repeat, would you provide background for your claim he doesn't need to speak, "or else?"

Concerning 45 years of informtion control, Cubans are extremely literate. They read books, magazines, papers from everywhere. They are familiar with current American columnists in American newspapers, even.

You forget they can pick up American television and radio on their own home tvs and radios, seeing they are only a short distance from Miami, etc.

They also get all the news from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Nice try.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

33. I see black and white thinking.

If X is a bad act, and Y is a dictatorship, then Y MUST be practicing X.

Reason is for them commie libruls.

[K-W]

34. And they interact with vacationers and business people

from all around the world.

The only people they dont interact with are Americans, not because the Cubans live in a totalitarian society, but because Americans do.

[0007]

12. Kind of like the way Orlando Bosch did things, eh? From time to time.

Check him out Silverhair.

In 1968, his fame was so great that, while under arrest for a bazooka attack on a Polish freighter, the city of Miami proclaimed Orlando Bosch Day, in support of that "exemplary" anti-Castro fighter. The pace of the attacks he carried out consisted of a campaign of terror aimed at scaring the Miami community, and raising money for "the cause" – including, of course, the terrorist leader’s bank account.

Unfortunately, his fellow Miami Cuban Otto Reich, now the White House’s top man in Latin America – who helped Bosch escape from Venezuelan justice and find refuge in the United States – seems to have lost his memory. He declared at a Senate hearing, with apparent candidness, that he was unaware of his friend Orlando Bosch’s terrorist past.

That declaration notwithstanding, dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks are attributed to Orlando Bosch and the gangs he led. Perhaps this "black list" will refresh the memory of George W. Bush’s close collaborator.

January 8, 1968: A bomb explodes in a suitcase in Havana

January 25, 1968: Bombs placed in various commercial establishments in the United States

February 1, 1968: Mexican Consulate in Miami bombed

February 2, 1968: Bomb placed in British consul’s house in Miami

March 12, 1968: Bomb placed in restaurant belonging to Cuban immigrants in the United States

March 13, 1968: Bomb placed in Chilean Consulate in the United States

April 2, 1968: Bomb placed in pharmaceutical company in United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate, United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

May 5, 1968: British ship Greenwood bombed in the United States

May 25, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Aroka Maru in the United States

June 21, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

June 23, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

June 27, 1968: Bomb explodes in the garage of Mexican consul to the United States

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban Consulate in Canada

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian Tourism Office in United States

July 7, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese Tourism Office in the United States

July 11, 1968: Bomb explodes near Cuban Mission to the UN, causing damage to the Yugoslavian mission

July 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Michagesan Maru in Mexico

July 14, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 15, 1968: Bomb discovered in a French government office in the United States

July 16, 1968: Bomb discovered in the Mexican Consulate, United States

July 17, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomat’s home in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in French Tourism Office in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Shell Petroleum Company building in England

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese travel agency in the United States

July 26, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 31, 1968: Bomb placed in British Consulate in United States

August 3, 1968: Bomb placed in British bank in the United States

August 5, 1968: Bomb placed in offices of the Communist Party in the United States

August 7, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Bahamas ship Caribbean Venture in the United States

August 9, 1968: Mexican representatives in the United States bombed

August 9, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican consul’s home in Miami

September 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard British ship in Mexico

September 16, 1968: Bomb explodes aboard the Spanish ship Satrustegui in Puerto Rico

September 16, 1968: Bazooka attack on Polish ship in Miami

September 17, 1968: Bomb placed aboard Mexican airplane in United States

September 19, 1968: Bomb placed in home of Mexican consul to the United States

October 18, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian travel agency

October 20, 1968: Gas bomb placed in a theater where a Cuban actress was performing

October 24, 1968: Attempts to assassinate Cuban ambassador to the UN

July 26, 1969: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in British-owned Shell Oil offices in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in Air France offices in the United States

In 1972, Bosch traveled to Chile with his friend Guillermo Novo Sampol and puts himself at the disposal of General Augusto Pinochet’s fascist junta. He subsequently participated in a series of attacks on prominent Chileans in exile.

In 1974, Bosch created the terrorist organization called Cuban Action, with the support of the Chilean junta and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza’s secret police.

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Canada

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Argentina

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Peru

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Mexico

February 13, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Madrid

April 4, 1974: Prensa Latina representatives bombed in Mexico

October 1, 1974: Bomb placed in Panamanian embassy in Caracas

October 30, 1974: Bomb placed in Venezuelan-Cuban Friendship Institute in Venezuela

November 11, 1974: Bomb placed in hotel where Cuban officials were staying in the United States

March 19, 1974: Assassination of General Carlos Prats, former officer of the Chilean Armed Forces, and his wife, in Argentina

May 10, 1975: Attempt in Rome to kill Bernardo Leighton, vice president of the Chilean Democratic Party in exile, and his wife

July 1975: Shots fired on the resident of a Cuban official in the United States

August 3, 1975: Assassination attempt on Cuban Ambassador Emilio Aragonés, in Argentina

November 17, 1975: Bomb placed in Venezuelan tourism company, in Venezuela

November 30, 1975: Bomb placed in USSR commercial office in Mexico

March 1976: Bosch is arrested by Costa Rican police for suspicion of trying to assassinate exiled Chilean leader Andrés Pascal Allende

September 21, 1976: Assassination of Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his secretary Ronnie Moffitt

In 1976, Bosch founded the Command of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), most of whose members had worked for the CIA. He ordered another series of attacks.

June 6, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic mission at the UN

July 1, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban-Costa Rican cultural center in Costa Rica

July 8, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban mission in Spain

September 7, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación warehouse in Kingston, Jamaica

July 10, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Barbados

July 11, 1976: Bomb placed in Air Panama offices in Colombia

July 23, 1976: Attempt to kidnap Cuban consul in Mérida, Mexico, resulting in the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz

September 8, 1976: Kidnapping of two Cuban diplomats in Argentina

September 9, 1976: Bomb placed in Guyanese embassy in Trinidad and Tobago

September 18, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Panama

October 6, 1976: Mid-flight explosion of a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane, causing the deaths of all 73 persons on board

As a result of the plane bombing, Bosch was arrested in Venezuela and accused of masterminding the horrible crime. Nevertheless, from his cell he continued to dream up and order other attacks, against Venezuelan targets, in order to pressure the Venezuelan justice system to let him go.

March 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

August 30, 1977: Bomb placed aboard a Venezuelan airplane in Miami

December 23, 1977: Bomb placed in Viasa airline office, United States

December 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

In 1978, also from his cell, he ordered attacks on Mexican interests, in response to the measures taken by that government following the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz.

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate in the United States

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed aboard the Mexican ship Azteca, resulting in two deaths and seven injuries

Later, still from his cell, he directed and maintained the actions of Omega-7, consisting of a long chain of terrorist attacks.

September 9, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

October 5, 1978: Bomb placed across from Madison Square Garden, where Cuban boxers were supposed to fight

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Girasol tourism company, belonging to the Socialist Party of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Antillana tourism company of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of the Record Public Service company, owned by a Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico

October 23, 1978: Bomb placed in La Prensa newspaper in the United States

November 18, 1978: Bomb threats made against TWA, due to its flights to Cuba

December 28, 1978: Bomb placed in office of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Lincoln Center, New York

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in TWA offices at New York’s JFK Airport

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in office of Weehawken company of New Jersey, headed by Cuban Eulalio J. Negrín, a member of the Committee of 75, which was negotiating with Cuba

April 4, 1979: Murder of Carlos Muñoz Varela, member of the Antonio Maceo Brigade and director of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

November 25, 1979: Eulalio J. Negrín murdered

September 11, 1980: Murder of Félix García Rodríguez, Cuban diplomat to the United Nations

In 1987, thanks to Otto Reich, Bosch was freed and entered the United States, where he was granted asylum and even a presidential pardon.

By the start of the 1980s, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) was in existence, and its leader, Jorge Mas Canosa, directed counterrevolutionary and terrorist attacks.

Once he took refuge in the United States, Bosch continued advising the most fanatical elements of the Miami mafia. Even within the terrorist gang directed by Luis Posada Carriles that planned to assassinate Fidel Castro in Panama, there are several of the old terrorist’s friends. Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo, Pedro Remón and Guillermo Novo Sampol were guilty of numerous terrorist actions against Cuba and other countries, among them the machine-gunning of Félix García Rodríguez in New York; the killing of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz by terrorist Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo; and the kidnapping of two diplomats in Argentina.

What a bad memory Mr. Reich has, after so many years of collaboration with the CIA and the CANF!

[Mika]

19. Don't forget, Orlando Bosch was Elian's Miami pediatrician.

He (Bosch) was chosen by the drunken Uncle Lazaro's CANF lawyers (who were headed up by the current Miami mayor Manny Diaz).

When Cubans in Cuba saw the boy atop this terrorist butcher shoulders with Dan Burton's congressional subpeona in hand they went ballistic. It was the single most uniting factor of the Elian ordeal in Cuba.

[0007]

26. God! I forgot all about that one. I wonder if Silverhair is aware

[PittPoliSci]

6. he's looking jubilant for being that old.

[ronnie624]

8. "Anti- U.S. March"

Such is non-sense. The article gave me the impression that it was more of a march for justice.

[Bridget Burke]

18. "Anti-Terrorism March" would be a better description.

But "Anti-US" will be quite successful with the 90% of readers who don't read past the headlines.

[robcon]

15. Castro is getting more and more pathetic.

For the 4+ decade-leader of his country to lead a march suggests to me that Castro is still not very self-aware. Does he realize what a fool he is to march in front of the U.S. interest building?

[Mika]

16. Castro is so hated he can march along with large crowds of Cubans.

He is so hated that he can drive around in an open jeep. He is so hated that he can stop at random at a farmers market or other places and be greeted by welcoming crowds. He is so hated that he can speak in front of crowds of thousands w/o bullet proof shielding of kevlar vest. He is so hated that he can visit foreign nations and have crowds cheering him saying things like "Viva Castro" & "Viva Cuba".


Just like presnit _Bush. :sarcasm:

[saigon68]

17. I have to agree with you

Our Governor Doyle is also surrounded by at least 10 Large thuggish looking men with guns wherever he goes.

When The Chimp came to my town he had about a thousand body guards and how many others in his entourage.

Hell he will NEVER come back here even with that clutch of Goons. He prefers a bunker on an Army base to keep himself away from the cheers and taunts he would receive from the citizens

LOL

[saigon68]

20. That's BRONX CHEERS

LOL

[EFerrari]

22. In San Francisco, we're always hoping the pResident

will grace us with a visit so we can show our appreciation in person. :)

[saigon68]

23. Somehow I don't think he will be coming soon

To the City by the Bay


YOURS OR MINE.

We have a group here that gathers on the main bridge on the river most Fridays, when it is warm with signs that say

BUSH WAR CRIMINAL, OILY WAR, WHO DIED TODAY ? and pictures like below etc. They rock

[EFerrari]

39. I love going down to Civic Center when there's a protest.

Those kids give me the will to live. Better than a transfusion.

:)

[saigon68]

50. Me too

If the economy goes in the tank, this next year will be interesting

[Megahurtz]

40. HaHa!

:D

[Judi Lynn]

27. Good, good point. I've seen him in news clips and documentaries

going to various places in Cuba and being SWARMED by smiling Cubans, looking at him with open friendliness in their faces, people of all ages.

When he makes his famous speeches American right-wing idiots are driven to mock, he stands clearly vulnerable to fate for long periods of times in front of huge crowds of Cubans.

[Mika]

49. If Americans could go to Cuba they could catch a sighting.

At least on TV. The weekly Round Table show often has a segment featuring Mr Castro.

But, if in Havana or Santiago de Cuba, one can catch a glimpse of him driving around in the open jeep.

[BushOut06]

36. It amazes me people still listen to RW propaganda about Cuba

Castro has done many wonderful things for Cuba. If anything, it is the US that has done more to hurt Cuba more than anything Castro could have ever done. Yet the RW continues to portray Castro as some sort of murdering monster. Yet Castro is almost universally revered by his own people! Of course, you have these friggin idiot Cuban "exiles" who continue to spew lies about Castro in their attempt to retake power themselves.

[K-W]

38. The US is releasing a terrorist and you think Castro looks foolish?

I suppose if Cuba detained an al queda figure and then released him, Bush would look foolish rallying Americans to protest Cuba?

[Judi Lynn]

35. That photo reminds a person of this one from their revolution.

Interesting! I believe the man with him was Camilo Cienfuegos.

[leftchick]

37. that is interesting

I thought that pose was familiar. Thanks Judi! :hi:

[Judi Lynn]

41. Cuba's contribution to liberation remembered (South Africa)

Cuba's contribution to liberation remembered

January 25 2006 at 11:37AM

Cuban's contribution to liberation struggles in Africa could be commemorated on the wall of remembrance at Freedom Park, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque was told on Wednesday in Pretoria.

The Freedom Park Trust was aware of the 2 800 Cubans who had died in liberation wars in Africa, and the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara was likely to be on the wall of remembrance, a statement read on behalf of chief executive Wally Serote said.

Seven names from a list of South African, African and international leaders were to be displayed on the wall, in commemoration of their contributions to South Africa's liberation struggle.

Shortlisted along with Guevara were Mahatma Gandhi and Julius Nyerere.
(snip/...)

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=qw11381803212R131

[brentspeak]

42. Amnesty Intl's report on Cuban human rights violations:

http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/cuba/document.do?id=ar&yr=2005

By the end of 2004 there were at least 70 prisoners of conscience, most of them held since the 2003 crackdown on the dissident movement. However, 18 prisoners of conscience were released and many were moved to prisons nearer their homes.

Something about Amnesty International that the Castro apologists can't seem to explain: it's neither made up of RW Bush people nor Miami Cuban exiles.

[Bridget Burke]

43. Amnesty Intl's report on US human rights violations:

www.amnestyusa.org/countries/usa/document.do?id=ar&yr=2005

When our page is empty, we can start lecturing Castro.

Besides, the parade being discussed is a protest about OUR release of a known, murderous terrorist.

[Judi Lynn]

46. Some DU'ers might want to look at this,from your Amnesty-Internat'l site:

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
PRESS RELEASE

January 25, 2006


AI Launches Mobile Billboard Urging President Bush to Tell the Truth about Torture During State of the Union Address
Mobile Billboard Will be Seen Around Washington


(Washington, DC) Amnesty International launched its "Tell the Truth about Torture, Mr. President" mobile billboard this morning from its Washington, DC offices. The launch is part of Amnesty International's campaign -- building up to the State of the Union address on January 31 -- to urge the president to be honest about the U.S. government's use of torture in the "war on terror."

Americans are growing increasing concerned about the US involvement in torture and inhuman treatment," said Eric Sears, Project Manager of Amnesty International's Denounce Torture Initiative. "Our mobile billboard will be circling the White House in the days leading up to the State of the Union address as a constant reminder to the President, and his Administration, that people across America want him to tell the truth about torture and make sure these abuses stop once and for all."

During the two-week campaign, Amnesty International is enlisting thousands of people to sign an online petition urging President Bush to tell the truth about the country's acts of torture here and abroad. The petition can be found at www.amnestyusa.org.
(snip/...)

http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/usa/document.do?id=ENGUSA20060125002

On edit: Here's the direct link to the anti-torture petition.

[brentspeak]

47. I'm not defending Posada

Or saying that the US hasn't violated human rights. I'm talking about Cuba, though.

Why don't you say that Castro shouldn't lecture us until his own page is empty?

[Mika]

48. When Cuba releases murdering terrorists then the US can bitch & moan

.. especially if they were on the Cuban payroll while committing acts of terra against US citizens.

Posada was a CIA agent. He committed acts of terra/murder while on the US payroll.

When Cuba does something similar, then we can wag our fingers at Cuba.

[Judi Lynn]

51. Around 50 years of continuing acts of terrorism against Cuba.

No comparison whatsoever, is there? Too bad people don't try to keep up.

Look how wild _Bush got after using 9/11. We're STILL not sure how much more daylight he's going to blot out in this country to intensify Republican control of a whole new order. It really does remind you of the great beast named by Cuban poet/liberator José Martí around 100 years ago. Can't really say "look how far we've come since then," can we?

[Mika]

52. Very true Judi. The US was attacked by a small extremist group..

.. while Cuba has been attack by the world's most mighty superpower. Still, Cuba has expanded its health care and deucation systems from 3rd world levels to leading world class stats.

Yes indeed, look at what the BushCrimeInc cabal has done and is doing to the US infrastructure.

[Judi Lynn]

44. Here's an article on just one idiot Miami Cuban "exile" A-I member

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/07/movement/

She's obviously terminally twisted in a right-wing Batista-loving direction, and a full A-I member. It would be reasonable to assume there are others. This is the first one I saw.

Her story about being a girl who attacked a brutal commie is comical, and embarassingly, crudely bogus:

"I started activity against Castro when I was 13 and still in Cuba," says Gladys Perez, 53, a banker and a volunteer for Amnesty International. When a communist militiaman came to Perez's Catholic school and shoved a nun out of the way, Perez fought back, jumping on his back and attacking him. "The officials then ordered the nuns to kick me out of school. Later I joined a secret group that would go out with crayons and write anti-government slogans on walls at night. It was dangerous. Finally, my parents sent me here to this country."
(snip/...)

That yarn must put her in good stead with the other idiots sitting around on their thumbs in Miami.

[TexasLawyer]

45. "Cuban exile" may be sent to third country

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-25-voa73.cfm

US Considering Moving Anti-Castro Activist to Third Country
By VOA News
25 January 2006


U.S. immigration officials say they are considering moving Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles to another country. The U.S. office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said this week it is moving forward to carry out Mr. Posada's removal from the United States. But it ruled out sending him to Cuba or Venezuela, because he might be tortured there.

Posada's lawyer told a federal court Tuesday his client, a naturalized Venezuelan citizen, should be released while awaiting a decision on whether he will be deported. That decision is expected by April.

Venezuela and Cuba want the anti-Castro activist extradited to Venezuela, to stand trial for the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976. Cubans staged a huge anti-U.S. rally in Havana Tuesday, to coincide with Posada's court date. The 77-year-old was arrested in the United States in May, 2005.

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53. You're getting a little old for that aren't you, Fidel?