January 25, 2006
Defection watch
At the World Social Forum, the left's biggest hippiefest, some 800 Cuban delegates have arrived. But unlike the shiftless Sandalistas, who are scattered all over Caracas, making nuisances of themselves and leaving a lot of litter, these Cubans are being coocooned at a military base. The El Universal story is here:
Cuban delegation boards in Caracas major military base
The Cuban delegation, one of the largest groups attending the Fourth World Social Forum in Caracas -it comprises almost 800 people-, is staying at Fuerte Tiuna military base, southwest Caracas.
Early on Tuesday, they attended a conference delivered by Ricardo Alarcón, president of the Cuban National Assembly. Cuban Culture minister Abel Prieto and Cuban ambassador to Venezuela Germán Sánchez also attended the event.
While the delegations of other countries attending the World Social Forum are scattered through the Venezuelan capital city, the Cuban delegation stays united and compact.
Alarcón talked about terror and said the United States should urgently release the so-called Five of Cuba, a group of prisoners comprising René González, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Gerardo Hernández and Ramón Labañino, accused of spying.
Even as pictures like these spatter Caracas (scroll down to Alek's 'Words Fail Me' post), the real deal in Caracas is that Cubans are taking every chance they can to defect, to flee, to run for their lives, even in Chavez's Venezuela. And the government knows it.
Posted by Mora at January 25, 2006 11:49 AM
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Folks,
If Cuba is such a "sea of happiness," why are so many of its inmates er, I mean its citizens, willing to do anything and risk their wealth, even their very lives, to get out of there?
Evidence of this claim: not only the fact that the rafts go in only one direction --away from the island-- but also the fact that the regime has to send hordes of security agents with virtually everyone who leaves the island, supposedly on a temporary basis, such as their sports teams, cultural delegations or even those who attend political outings like the current one in Venezuela.
Why does the regime choose to house them in a military base that is, in effect, a virtual prison?
Simple, so they don't run away and disappear, only to start new lives in the "hated" capitalistic systems.
The regime can't trust even its very representatives. That's why the dictatorship will fail and after it is "beheaded," the whole thing will just crumble away.
And everyone who committed atrocities will have to answer for them in a court of justice --if they don't meet with "street justice" first.
JulioZ
Posted by: Julio C. Zangroniz at January 25, 2006 01:33 PM
Julio: I've asked myself the same questions for years. I've come to believe that they(Sandalistas, fellow travelers, useful idiots) live in la-la land...they are certifiable.
Posted by: galloglass at January 26, 2006 12:39 AM
