Black flags to Memorialize Victims of u.s. sponsored terrorist acts up in Cuba
Crystal | 07.02.2006 12:29 | Terror War
The Cuban People have unveiled a large New Monument outside the u.s. spy base in Havana.
The monument counters a scrolling illuminated propaganda - displayed on the building by u.s. agents.
The New Monument consists of 138 black flags with a white star.
The New Monument symbolizes the more than 3,400 people that have murdered by u.s. agents by violent acts against Cubans since their 1959 revolution.
Vigil
The New Monument was unveiled during a ceremony organized by the People of Cuba to honor victims of US-sponsored terrorism against Cubans.
"They are white stars over a black background, representing the light of a people that are in pain and mourning for their children and families," said professor Carlos Alberto Cremata, standing next to Fidel.
Fidel had condemned the u.s. propaganda as a "gross provocation"
Mr Cremata is the son of the co-pilot of a Cuban airliner, which was bombed by a u.s. agent in 1976, killing all 73 people aboard.
After the flags were raised, Cubans began a 24-hour vigil in front of the US mission, holding posters with the faces of the people the u.s. has murdered in Cuba.
The u.s. spy base in Havana began displaying propaganda in January.
Fidel described the scrolling propaganda as a gross provocation, and soon the Cuban People turned what had once been the car park of the building into a major construction site.
Huge cranes were brought in and teams of builders worked there non-stop.
Already Cubans have put up scores of posters in the capital caricaturing President Bush as both a fascist and a blood sucking warmonger and a terrorist lunatic.
The u.s. has been trying to overthrow the Cuban peoples Self rule for 45 years and the u.s. has failed because the Cuban People will Not allow it.
Crystal
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You forgot to mention...
07.02.2006 14:12
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR250192005?open&of=ENG-CUB
Paul Edwards
Amnesty International was responsible for the "Kuwait Incubator Lies"
07.02.2006 14:55
Never forget the Amnesty was DIRECTLY responsible for publishing and publicising the lies of the New York PR agency that CREATED the story of Iraqi troops throwing babies out of incubators in Kuwait.
The same Amnesty had no problem at all with the targetted bombing of hospital facilities and medical supply warehouses in Fallujah. Amnesty International is NOT what is says on the tin.
Damn, next we'll have some sad sack quote LIBERTY here.
Please remember, if the non-gov organisation is big, and static, and bureaucratic, its infiltation is so trivial, it would hardly count as a training exercise for the 'security services'
twilight
You Forgot To Mention
07.02.2006 15:11
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Are they by any chance related?
07.02.2006 15:41
Steffan
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It's a pity
07.02.2006 15:53
sceptic
To Sceptic
07.02.2006 16:45
Castro is more supported by Cubans than any British of American goon will ever be in their own country.
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paul edwards You Are Dead Wrong
07.02.2006 16:55
The Cuban People are responsible for the heroic defense of the freedom they so much enjoy I pity you ignorance.
Jack
Right, I see -
07.02.2006 18:37
sceptic
Sure thing sceptic
07.02.2006 19:45
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07.02.2006 21:54
Chile, Allende, socialist candidate, so the CIA organised a general strike, and helped Pinochet into power, murdering Allende and thousands of others in the process.
Look at Venezuela now, with the US funnelling millions of dollars in aid to the oppostion parties in order to oust Chavez, via the National Endowment for Democracy. Chavez was democratically elected, but when he was briefly ousted by a militiary coup, the US were the first to accept the new ( thankfully short-lived ) regime.
Haiti, Aristide, democratically elected, left wing. Kidnapped by the US and flown out the country, while US funded anti-Aristide forces took over the capital.
Nicaragua. The democratically elected Sandanistas take power, and the US wages a war against them, funding the 'Contras', death squads, who murder thousands of people, until the Sandinistas are voted out of office by a population tired of the conflict.
Elections can be a tricky business in Latin America, because the bloody United States of America can't tolerate anybody being elected who they don't like, and do everything in their power to get rid of the regime. For example, how fair is an election in Cuba, as long as the US have their blockade in place, and the economic pressure that puts on the people, who might vote against Castro, just because they're tired of the sanctions? How fair would an election be in Cuba, with the US providing millions of dollars in aid to anti-Castro oppostion forces?
Cuba has been remarkably free considering the recent Latin American history of vicious right-wing and US backed dictatorships. And the human rights situation in Cuba is not even a quarter as bad as the US-backed 'democracy' of Colombia. Considering a nearby superpower is trying everything in it's power to destroy the Cuban government, there has been a surprising lack of torture, death-squads, 'disappearances', which you saw with Pinochet, in Central America, and even to this day in Colombia, all of whom were or are funded by US dollars.
Sceptic, why don't you read about the history of Latin America, or even visit the place, and maybe you will be able to appreciate exactly how exceptional Cuba has remained while US funded, tyrannical regimes have tortured and murdered their people in the neighbouring countries. And take note, that now in Latin America, the people are voting for governments who are friendly towards Castro and Cuba. Castro is considered a hero by the Latin American people, who are tired of Gringos trying to tell them what to do and who should be their leaders.
El pueblo unido jamas será vencido.
Hermes
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08.02.2006 00:21
Chavez isn't popular with the US - given the language he's been using, I'm not altogether surprised.
Allende is always quoted - but different times, different customs. That was the height of the Cold War, and in wartime you make some funny friends [vide Stalin] and enemies.
I'm quite prepared to accept the US has meddled in South America, and often for the worse. However, the actions of the US confer no moral virtue on Castro. Indeed, if the US hadn't put sanctions on Castro, the regime might have crumbled earlier. It's probably held together more by dislike of the US than any love for Castro.
As for apathy in politics in Britain - oddly enough, it's a rather healthy sign. People turn to political extremes when things are going wrong. Whether it's true or not, people in Britain don't get worked up abput politics because they reckon there's not a lot to get worked up about.
sceptic
Septic you worthless bag of flatulence
08.02.2006 08:35
Fidel Is the leader of the Cuban people because they want him to be their leader your spew “if the US hadn't put sanctions on Castro , the regime might have crumbled earlier” is a totally ignorant statement the Cuban people love the Free Cuba that is Cuba today thanks to the Cubans and Fidel's hard work and intelligence
the fascist americans lame attempts to punish the Cuban People for taking their freedom and Country back, has had no effect on the great Cuban peoples Revolution the americans are like a mosquito a bug ,irritant kind of like you, except you much more closely resemble a maggot
ben
playground names
08.02.2006 10:31
Realy? They don't have a lot of choice, do they?
sceptic
Ever thought of it this way
08.02.2006 13:40
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The septic apologist
09.02.2006 13:38
Ummm, yeah, it's been almost two years since the US last invaded another country. You talk about 'in wartime' but you seem to forget that we are at war right now. Either the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or the more abstract 'War on Terror'.
Empires act in a certain way, they always have, at least for the past few thousand years of known history.
Mark
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09.02.2006 15:50
However, I do believe the people should be able to choose their leaders more freely than they can in Cuba at the moment, but I think a pre-requisite for free and fair elections is that there is no foreign interference in those elections, or in the situation of that country. If you look at how many civil rights have been taken away in the US after 9-11, and then you think about how Cuba has had to put up with proportionately much greater pressure and terrorism than the US has, then maybe you can understand the Cuban situation a little bit.
Anyway, do you agree with ending sanctions against Cuba?
Hermes
Indeed
09.02.2006 17:12
As history shows, the best way for a dictator to get his people to rally behind him is to point out the threat from a foreign power. "Support me against the nasty XXXXs". The US has shot itself in the foot by its hostility to the Cuban regime - understandble enough in 1962, but not today. The worst insult the US could give to Castro is to ignore him.
Democratic politics tends to end up as two not dissimilar parties arguing for the middle gorund. The middle ground is where most voters are to be found, so, if you want to be elected, that's what you've got to go for. On rare occasions - 1945 and 1979 in Britain - there are seismic shifts in where the common ground lies. Thus with Chavez today.
But I think if the US shrugged off Chavez' rhetoric, and ignored his provocative speeches, a lot of ground would be cut away from him. Why has he got the attention he has? Not because he's doing wonders for Venezuela (he might be, but that's not what catches people's attention) but because of the speeches he's been making. And the US are rising to his bait. For what can Chavez really do? He needs to sell oil on the international market, otherwise he'll go broke. The market being international, there's no real way he can say where the oil goes. And suppose he does send all his oil to China. Well, that means China buys less on the international market, so prices go down. The reason why OPEC was so succesful in the 70s was that all the producers took action. One producer by himself will not have nearly the same impact.
sceptic