Fidel, you two-faced lying old coot, smarten the F up -
[mind you, in advising that i am taking the following article at face value, know nothing of the specific case otherwise, still we could all use a little smartening up, especially yourself and those Helms/Burton type morons imho] [and your new buddy Chávez as well, and yes by all means tell him i said so] -
'Elian and Elizabeth
Perhaps Fidel Castro needs to see a picture of Elizabeth
Manero Sixto. In light of the plight of Elizabeth and other
Cuban children, the hypocrisy of Fidel's Elian-era
family-values media blitz is difficult to fathom. Elizabeth's
story is regrettably familiar. Her mother, Maritza Sixto,
defected to the United States after coming to Washington to
complete a computer software project at the Pan American
Health Organization. Elizabeth's father, Fernando David
Manero, then applied for and was given U.S. visas for himself
and Elizabeth to join Mrs. Sixto in America. But Fidel, whose
appreciation of family reunification is glaringly one-sided,
won't allow Elizabeth and her father to join Mrs. Sixto.
So where, it seems quite appropriate to ask, is the outrage
from the National Council of Churches and the lawmakers
and pundits who were so eager to make pronouncements on
Elian Gonzalez while he was in the media spotlight? For these
parties, Elizabeth's separation from her mother, which now
totals over one year, doesn't merit the same concern as that
of Elian, who was found floating on an inner tube on
Thanksgiving Day 1999 off the coast of Florida. Somehow, a
child's reunion with her mother in a free, democratic country
is apparently less desirable and newsworthy than a boy's
return to a dictatorial, communist country to be with his
father.
Elizabeth's mother had been forced to participate in rallies
in Cuba calling for Elian's return to the island. But she clearly
miscalculated Fidel's potential for hypocrisy. "After that
six-month campaign, I thought I'd have no trouble getting my
family out of Cuba," said Mrs. Sixto. Defectors' families,
however, must wait three years to leave Cuba. For Mrs.
Sixto, this means that the toddler she last saw at age 2 will be
a 5-year-old by the time of their reunion. She will have
completely missed her girl's formative, early childhood.
While this three-year, defectors' penalty is clearly arbitrary
and punitive, Fidel has, astonishingly, tried to cloak it in an air
of legality. "Cuba has its immigration laws, like any country.
You have to respect these laws," Luis Fernandez, press
officer at the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, told The
Washington Post. But Cuba's "immigration laws" are clearly
unlike those of other countries.
According to Article 13 of the International Declaration of
Human Rights, "Everyone has the right to leave any country,
including his own, and to return to his country." But this
common-sensical declaration causes quite an inconvenience
for Fidel. Although he maintains that he has created a
communist paradise in Cuba, his need to imprison Cubans on
the island speaks for itself. In his scheme of things, little
Elizabeth is just another inconvenience. '
washtimes.com
I see where Raulito says the russkis are gone now, so it's time [well, way past time really eh] for the US to consider pulling out of cubano territory they occupy by force of arms at Guantánamo .... but you Fidel, it is time [well, way past time really eh] for you to consider how you will be treated by the history books, you could start with some basic respect for the dignity of your people ... and this canehjun is more than willing to help you, just PM me for advice in detail ..... cháu |
