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To: abstract who wrote (51663)	7/21/2004 7:50:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

So what is Bush's source for this? Turns out that the quote was cribbed from an undergraduate paper that had been posted to the web after it won a prize in 2001. But, as many of us know all too well about all too many Undergraduate papers, the quote was not footnoted in the original and the student writer is unable to produce a source for it. That's hilarious! Also incredible...and stupid. Why am I not at all surprised.

To: abstract who wrote (51663)	7/21/2004 8:41:36 PM
From: techguerrilla	Respond to of 89467

<'Cuba has the cleanest and most educated prostitutes in the world.'> Castro made the statement along that line to a Spanish interviewer on Spanish TV in 1998. The recent papal visit had raised issues of morals on the island. He was confronted with the fact that upwards to half the women in the country between 18 and 25 hook. He responded that "at least they're the most educated prostitutes in the world." His comments were flippant and cynical. His intent clearly was not to promote tourism. In fact, his comments stunned the nation. Castro cracked down on prostitution only a few months later in October of 1998 by calling in police from all over the island one night and raiding virtually every bar in Havana where prostitues frequented. Every woman in Havana without work authorization was sent to a reeducation camp. Estimates are that over 5,000 women were sent to these camps. The disco environments that ruled the day in the summer of 1998 were shut down overnight. The Hotel Copacabana's Club Ipanema was a virtual brothel. He replaced clubs like it with traditional Cuban environments, essentially discouraging young Spaniards and Italians who had been visiting the island in droves. Castro has never been a promoter of prostitution. The Spanish interviewer's question took him aback, if anything. His eventual reaction later that year was ruthless. /john