November 30, 2005
Sisyphus
What an incredible and sad story here - the next time you think you get no breaks, think of this man here, who so longs to breathe free air that he would undertake four incredible dangerous voyages over the high seas, risking his life for freedom - and then say a prayer for him that he makes it on his fifth time:
FROM CUBA
Rafter caught and returned four times to Cuba
HAVANA, November 16 (Amarilis C. Rey, Cuba Verdad / www.cubanet.org) - Cuban authorities have fined rafter Jesús Hernández Matamoros 1,500 pesos - the equivalent of about nine months salary - after he was caught and returned to the island for the fourth time.
Hernández Matamoros, 33, said he was summoned by State Security officials August 16 and questioned for four hours about his frustrated attempts to reach the United States.
Hernández Matamoros works at the José Martí International Airport, but he was demoted from his job as a specialized equipment operator.
Posted by Mora at November 30, 2005 07:42 PM
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Ay, cońo. What tragedy we have on our islita...
Posted by: George L. Moneo at November 30, 2005 08:33 PM
I hope God grants this man the co...urage, as well as the co...nstitution and the co...mbativeness, and the co...pa~n'ia and the co... (paging Mr. Jones!) to try yet one more time.
And we will pray that he makes it out of the Caribbean Hellhole for good.
Julio
Posted by: Julio C. Zangroniz at November 30, 2005 09:28 PM
But...fidel, I thought you promised no repercussions against repatriated citizens. Remember that deal you made with slick willy?
Posted by: ziva at November 30, 2005 10:56 PM
Qu'e deal?
What you talking about, you member of the Cuban Mafia?
--fidel
(hard to keep remembering that his name means "faithful" --he's even betrayed THAT!)
Mu'erete ya, viejo de mierda!
Posted by: Julio C. Zangroniz at November 30, 2005 11:08 PM
The courage of these rafters and the numbers of them should send a proper message to all Liberals, but nothing on God's green earth will convince them until they, themselves, stand in front of one of his firing squads.
Posted by: Howarde at December 1, 2005 01:58 AM
