A Dichotomy

Here are two reports from the Ibero-American Summit taking place in Costa Rica this week. One is from Reporters without Borders and the other is from Granma International, castro's party rag and the only source of news allowed in Cuba.

Granma:

CUBA CONDEMNS THE COMPLICITY OF THE COSTA RICAN GOVERNEMNT In a statement released on November 16, the Cuban Foreign Ministry stated that “by not preventing the utilization of its territory for a maneuver financed by the United States, despite the solid arguments reiterated by Cuba, the government of Costa Rica has made itself an accomplice of this farce.”

“The Revolutionary Government of Cuba condemns the Government of Costa Rica falls upon it as the host of the Summit, which includes adopting appropriate measures to ensure that a fitting climate for such an event prevails,” the text notes.

It adds that it was evident that the farce organized by a supposed “Costa Rican Solidarity with Cuba Committee” was deliberately aimed at creating difficulties in terms of the island’s participation and, in fact, the very celebration of the Ibero-American Summit.

Reporters without Borders:

Cuba and Colombia : a nightmare for journalists.

All criticism of President Castro is considered a criminal offence in Cuba, where 26 journalists were arrested in March last year along with about 50 political dissidents. They have been accused of "anti-government" activities and given prison sentences ranging from 14 to 27 years. Typewriters and pens confiscated from their homes were presented as evidence of guilt at their trials.

Typewriters and pens.

Meanwhile, Granma continues to spew it's communist rhetoric for all those that choose to be blind to reality.

Posted by Val Prieto at November 18, 2004 08:36 AM

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Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at November 19, 2004 02:17 PM