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Reflections of Fidel



(Taken from CubaDebate)




IF I was to affirm that chaos reigns in the United States they would say that I am exaggerating, that that country is a democracy where justice exists, as does respect for human rights and the division of powers, constructed on the principles of Montesquieu and the Philadelphia Declaration.

Of course, I am not referring to Cheney’s heated defense of the right to torture or the speech given by Bush in Toronto while hundreds of demonstrators demanded his trial as a war criminal.

But if they open the volume of news items they will be shocked. Various agencies have the story: “A judge has awarded more than $1 billion in damages against the Cuban government for the 1959 suicide of the father of a Cuban-American man who was involved in the CIA-backed capture and killing of revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.

“Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Adrien said he wanted to send a signal to Cuba's government.”
“The award came in a lawsuit filed by Villoldo, who blamed Guevara, Fidel Castro and others for his father's 1959 suicide in Cuba. The family fled to the U.S. and Villoldo later took part in the CIA's Bay of Pigs invasion and was involved in catching Guevara in Bolivia.”

“Villoldo's father took his life by a sleeping pill overdose in February 1959, shortly after Fidel Castro, Guevara and the other communist revolutionaries seized power in Cuba. The elder Villoldo was a prominent Cuban businessman who also held U.S. citizenship and owned a major General Motors distributorship, a 33,000-acre ranch and several other holdings and properties.

“The younger Villoldo joined the U.S. military and CIA, taking part in the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. A few years later, Villoldo was among a group hunting for Guevara, finally catching up with him in Bolivia in 1967.

Guevara was subsequently executed and buried in Bolivia.”

Another cable notes: “The award is the largest granted to date against the Cuban government after one of $253 million granted to the offspring of Cuban Rafael del Pino Siero, who died in prison after disassociating himself from the Castro regime,” and does not add anything further on the traitor sentenced to imprisonment for selling the secrets of the Granma [yacht] for $35,000, equivalent to close to one million dollars now, and placing 82 expeditionaries at risk.

“Another award of $187 million was granted to the families of three pilots from the exile group Brothers to the Rescue, downed in international waters by Cuban aircraft in 1996.” That incident involved veritable pirates who utilized military-use light aircraft acquired after the war in Vietnam to violate our airspace and fly low over the capital of the country.

Just three days ago it was reported that the mayor of New York, under pressure from Dan Burton and other anti-Cuban legislators, ordered the removal from Central Park of the bronze statue of Che – by German Christian Jankowski – part of a temporary exhibition called “Living Sculptures,” which includes the figure of the man whose assassination was ordered by a government of that country. That is the justice that reigns in the United States!



Fidel Castro Ruz
May 30, 2009
4:15 p.m.

Translated by Granma International

granma.cu

June 1, 2009 | 5:18 PM Comments  1 comments

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June 2, 2009 | 2:34 AM
Wanda Skyes
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It helps me a lot to understand what kind of justice is exercised in USA. Anyway, in relation to this, did you know what happen to Wanda Skyes, recently? Wanda Sykes, a comedienne extraordinaire, might be losing some fans over her latest performance. Wanda Sykes was among the keynote speakers at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, and she made remarks that caused controversy. She said that conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh was one of the hijackers on 9/11 but missed his flight due to being strung out on Oxycontin. Obama has distanced himself from the remarks, and some speculate it might cost her some money out of cancelled performances, but she isn't likely to need an online cash advance soon. Blue comedy is one thing, but these remarks are surely insensitive to say the least. Some are calling for Wanda Sykes to do a little credit repair after the incident. Well, I guess that is the price she will pay in making such offensive criticisms.
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