April 29, 2006
Will the real champions of Cuban freedom please stand up?
To Tell the Truth was one of my favorite game shows when I was growing up. In case you're not familiar with it, it was a show in which three contestants purported to be a certain person. Perhaps it was the author of a famous song or something like that. One of the contestants actually was the person in question, while the other two were imposters. A celebrity panel would ask questions in order to try to determine who was the real deal and who was the fraud. At the end of the show the announcer would say "Will the real [so and so] please stand up?"
Well, the open letter from ENCASA US-Cuba that has been published in the newspaper and gotten some publicity, in which the organization asks the Bush administration to remove sanctions against Cuba, really got my goat. Why? Because these people are imposters. They claim to seek freedom for Cuba but many of the signatories of the open letter are simply Castro collaborators.
So I decided to write an open letter intended to speak for the great number of us who are not artists or scholars, we’re simply ordinary citizens, that disagree with ENCASA.
Please read the letter below. The actual typset PDF of the document can be found here. If you agree with the letter then I urge you to electronically “sign” it by posting your full name and your city and state of residence in the comments section or emailing me here.
The PDF document will be updated regularly over the next few days to reflect new signatures.
Please join us in standing up for Cuban freedom.
From Ordinary Americans in Favor of a Free Cuba
In response to the missive distributed by a group calling itself ENCASA
We are a group of ordinary Americans, many of us Cuban-Americans, who are united in our desire to see the people of Cuba completely free of the communist dictatorship that has dominated their lives since 1959. We stand behind the President of the United States of America, our elected Representatives in the U.S. Congress, and our Senators who have made the strengthening of sanctions against the Castro regime in Cuba a high foreign policy priority.
In forty-seven years since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution the United States has conducted twelve presidential elections, the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union have fallen; in short the world has changed. In those forty-seven years the United States has on at least two occasions entertained a rapprochement with the Castro regime. In all instances, efforts to reach out and normalize relations between both countries have failed dismally.While almost every variable in the Cuban equation has changed one has remained constant and, of course, that is the leadership of the dictator, Fidel Castro.
Mr. Castro has sabotaged attempts at rapprochement because it would inherently mean compromising that which he refuses to compromise, namely his “right” to subvert other countries in Latin America, and beyond, with the goal of spawning violent revolutions and his “right” to use terrorist methods. It is plainly obvious to even the casual observer that the central theme of Fidel Castro’s policies always has been and continues to be anti-Americanism. In short, Castro’s contempt for the United States overrides any concerns he may have ever had about the Cuban people.
It defies logic to believe that after forty-seven years Fidel Castro will suddenly have a change of heart regarding the role of the United States in the world and conversely his role as its opponent. In short, there can be no meaningful dialogue with Cuba as long as Fidel Castro is in power.
We believe that rather than weakening or removing the embargo against Cuba, that the U.S. has a moral obligation to lead the free world in isolating its totalitarian regime. Cuba has been trading freely with almost every other country in the World for more than ten years and yet there has been no progress towards reestablishing human rights on the island nation. The unique structure of the Cuban economy is one in which the communist government sets the rules so as to capture as much hard currency as possible to preserve its hegemony, while at the same time limiting the natural democratizing effects of free trade.
Additionally, ordinary Cubans are not permitted to openly mingle with foreigners so as to avoid their being “corrupted” by outsiders. We denounce anyone from any country that visits Cuba as a tourist. We feel that it is cruel and inhumane to enjoy beaches and other recreational facilities that are off limits to Cuba’s own citizens which have essentially become a slave labor force.
The Castro regime has also devised a shrewd scheme in which Cuban exiles provide a significant amount of its lifeblood of hard currency through remittances and family visitations. While we certainly understand and sympathize with the desire of Cuban exiles to help their families in the short run, we feel that this system only helps to keep Castro in power by ameliorating the destructive consequences of Cuban economic policies. We therefore are in favor of the strict limitations on remittances and travel to Cuba currently in place.
Contrary to what some would have Americans believe, the United States currently trades with Cuba. In fact the United States is Cuba’s largest supplier of food and agricultural products. These transactions are conducted on a “cash up-front” basis. We sympathize with American farmers that would like to open and develop new markets. After all we are capitalists. But we believe that a free Cuba of the near future will be a much more viable business opportunity than today’s Cuba that has shown a propensity to default on all types of financial obligations. The last thing we would ever want is for American taxpayers to be left paying the tab, a tab that would prolong the life of the Castro regime and thereby hurt ordinary Cubans.
Our opponents would have one believe that we have no compassion for those ordinary Cubans and that we have dubious motives. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is because we so badly desire freedom for them that we advocate policies that will hasten the demise of Castro and his dictatorship. The blame for the failures of the Cuban economy can and should be put squarely at the feet of Castro and his sycophants. U.S. free trade with Cuba will be no more of a “magic bullet” in solving Cuba’s problems than Cuban trade with Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, or Russia has been to date.
Now that Fidel Castro has found a new economic sponsor in Venezuela, he has once again made subversion and furthering his internationalist agenda a top priority. His repression of the Cuban people has also worsened. We believe that it is the United States’ best interests to continue to view Cuba as a dangerous adversary, rather than a potential partner as long as a communist regime is in power there.
We would be unanimously in favor of removing economic sanctions against Cuba under the following eight conditions:
1. That all Cuban political prisoners and prisoners of conscience be released immediately and granted an unconditional amnesty.
2. That all Cubans be allowed to move freely within the country.
3. That the existing system of apartheid-like segregation be eradicated immediately, specifically that all Cubans be treated as equals to their foreign counterparts, such as “prominent scholars and artists” from abroad.
4. That all Cubans be granted access to all sources of uncensored information, whether in broadcast, print, or Internet immediately.
5. That all Cubans be granted the freedom to express their opinions freely without fear of repercussions.
6. That all Cubans be allowed to travel abroad freely.
7. That all Cubans be allowed to live, work, and seek a better life for themselves as they see fit.
8. That all Cubans be allowed to elect their leaders through verifiable, transparent democratic elections as allowed for in Cuba’s last legitimate constitution, the Constitution of 1940
In short, we want Cuba to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since Fidel Castro has demonstrated that such reforms are repugnant to him, we feel that there is no other recourse for freedom- loving people than to try to accelerate the inevitable demise of Cuba’s current form of government.
Lastly, we would like to emphasize that ENCASA in no way represents the feelings of ordinary Cuban- Americans. The group is self-appointed and consists of some well meaning but naïve individuals as well some recognized leftists and Castro collaborators. The true leaders of the Cuban Diaspora are the ones that are elected democratically every two, four and six years.
Signed,
Valentin Prieto, Miami, FL
Maggie Prieto, Miami, FL
Henry Gomez, Miami, FL
Ana Ivette Gomez, Miami, FL
George Moneo, Miami, FL
Maria T. Moneo, Miami, FL
Robert Molleda, Miami FL
Amanda Dufau, Miami FL
Ziva Kathleen Sahl, Los Angeles, CA
Steven Sahl, Los Angeles, CA
Humberto Fontova, New Orleans, LA
A. Delgado, Miami, FL
A. Gutierrez, Titusville FL
Abraham Cardenas, Miami, FL
Adam Martinez, Hialeah, FL
Adelia Rodriguez, Miami, FL
Adriana M. Bóveda-Lambie, Rhode Island
Aida Suarez, Queens, NY
Aileen Abascal, Miami, FL
Al Bazail, Los Angeles, CA
Albert Gonzalez, Miami, FL
Alberto Quiroga, Boca Raton FL
Ale Cardenas, Miami, FL
Aleida Hornia, Elizabeth, NJ
Alejandro Diaz, Miami, FL
Alejandro Puig, Minneapolis, MN
Alex Hernandez, New York, NY
Alexander Salvador, Miami FL
Alexis Martinez, Hialeah, FL
Alfredo Cabrera, Arlington, TX
Alfredo Quintero, Miami, FL
Alisa S. Artigas, Alpharetta, GA
Alvaro De La Teja, Miami, FL
Amanda Solomon, Burbank, CA
Ana De Lamar, Miami, FL
Ana Frenero, Miami, FL
Ana Martinez, Miami, FL
Ana Rosa Delgado, Miami, FL
Andres Jimenez, Miami, FL
Anelle Martinez, Hialeah, FL
Angel Rodriguez, Phoenix, AZ
Angela Becker, Antioch,TN
Angelica De Lamar, Miami, FL
Antonia Silva, Duluth, GA
Antonio E. Leon, M.D., Bethesda, MD
Araceli Vazquez, Miami, FL
Armando Llechu, Miami, FL
Armando Quincoses, Weatherford, TX
Arthur Rivers, Mackinaw City, MI
Aymee Camayd Tokmakci, IOP, SC
Barbara Alonso, Miami, FL
Barbara Dezayas, Miami, FL
Barnabe Suarez, Jr. Queens, NY
Barnabe Suarez, Sr. Queens, NY
Beatriz Valdes, Miami, FL
Bernice Castro, Miami, FL
Berta Sangineto, Miami, FL
Beth Cleaver, Mobile, AL
Bob Glen, Plano, TX
Bridget Olson, Los Angeles, CA
Calixto M. Lopez, Miami Beach, FL
Camilo Martinez, Miami, FL
Carlos Dieppa, Miami, FL
Carlos M. Echerri, Norwalk, CA
Carmen Higgins, Marathon, FL
Carmen Kaba, Miami, FL
Carolina Pelleya, Miami, FL
Catherine King, Phoenix, AZ
Cecilia A. Sotomayor, Miami, FL
Celsa A. Echeandia, Leesburg, VA
Chadd Newman, St Petersburg, FL
Chantel Acevedo, Hamden, CT
Charlie Bravo, New York, NY
Charlinken Bendana, Miami, FL
Christina Crespo, Los Angeles, CA
Clara Quintero, Miami, FL
Coleen Clark, Miami, FL
Cristina Miyares, Miami, FL
Dalia Paganacci, Kendall, FL
Dalia Rosa, Miami, FL
Damaso Viñas, Miami, FL
Dana Flores, New Britain, CT
Daniel Garcia, Miami, FL
Daniel Hernandez, Miami, FL
Dariusz Byczkowski, Ontario, Canada
Darmon C. Thornton, Las Vegas, NV
David Zincavage, San Carlos, CA
Debra Torres, New York, NY
Delia E. Fernandez, Miami, FL
Demostenes Suarez, Miami, Florida
Dennis Martin, Miami, FL
Devin White, Miami, FL
Deyvis Caraballo, Miami, FL
Diana Cartaya Williams, Miami, FL
Diana M. Diaz, Miami, FL
Dominic P. Parise, Harmony, NC
Douglas Morris, West End, NC
Dr. Antonio de la Cova, Bloomington, IN
Eby Kaba, Miami, FL
Ed Suarez, San Antonio, TX
Eduardo Conde, Eureka Springs, AR
Elena Hernandez, Miami, FL
Elia Brito, Lake Worth, FL
Elisa P. Muñoz, Miami, FL
Elsa Ruiz, Miami, FL
Emily Nelson, Plano, TX
Emmanuel Navarrete, Miami, FL
Engracia Valdes, Miami, FL
Enrique L. Gomez M.D., Miami, FL
Enrique Leon, Miami, FL
Enrique Rubio, San Juan , Puerto Rico
Enrique Valle, Miami, FL
Enriqueta Suarez, Miami, Florida
Eric Alamo, West Covina, CA
Erik P. Bethel, Carmel, CA
Ernest E. Bennett, Centerville, GA
Estela Ramas, Miami, FL
Esther M. Garcia, Miami, FL
Esther Ochoa, Miami, FL
Eugenio A. Angulo, Miami, FL
Francisco Merino, Miami, FL
Frank Lujan, Miami, FL
Fredy Herrera, Miami, FL
Gabriel Prats, Miami, FL
Gail Delgado, Miami, FL
Gerardo H. Soto, Bethesda, MD
Gigi Fernandez, Dallas, TX
Gilbert Martin, Miami, FL
Gilberto Martin, Miami, FL
Gladys Cala, Miami, FL
Gladys Garcia, Hialeah, FL
Glenda Dieppa, Miami, FL
Glenn Lindgrew, Minneapolis, MN
Gloria M. Ramos, Miami, FL
Gonzalo Gomez, Miami, FL
Gregory O'Connor, West Palm Beach, FL
Haydee Morejol, Miami, FL
Hector Enriquez, Santa Ana, CA
Hector M. Garcia, Miami, FL
Heidy Quintero, Miami, FL
Henry Agueros, Highland Park, CA
Henry Ortuno, Queensbury, NY
Ignacio Martinez, Miami, FL
Ileana Arriola, Miami, FL
Ileana Leon, Miami, FL
Ines Eguino, Miami, FL
Iraida Valenzuela Miami, FL
Iris dela Osa, Avon Park FL
Isabel Herbach, Longwood, FL
Isabel León, Hialeah, FL
Isidro G. Balmaseda, Miami, FL
Izza Kaba, Miami, FL
J.Scott Barnard, Jacksonville, FL
Jack Hamilton, Knoxville, TN
James P. Seigler, Galveston, TX
Jan Conde, Eureka Springs, AR
Jan M. Frerrero, Miami, FL
Jan S. Ollis-Gillies, Grayson, GA
Javier Correoso, Miami, FL
Jennie Angulo, Miami, FL
Jerome du Bois, Phoenix, AZ
Jesus Brito, Miami, FL
Jesus Rodriguez, Miami, FL
Joanne Fernandez, Miami, FL
Joe Birchill, Houston,TX
John Delgado, Miami, FL
John Dickerson, Diablo, CA
Jordan Paul, Washington, D.C.
Jorge Abascal, Miami, FL
Jorge Brito, Miami, FL
Jorge Escala, Miami, FL
Jorge Frenero, Miami, FL
Jorge Machado, Palo Alto, CA
Jose A. Mendez, Miami, FL
Jose Cala, Miami, FL
Jose Gonzalez, Houston, TX
Jose I. Aguirre, Miami, FL
Jose Lopez-Varela, Miami, FL
Joseph Bethancourt, Phoenix, AZ
Josue Sierra, Arlington, VA
Juan Carlos Garcia, Miami, FL
Juan Diaz, Miami, FL
Juan E. Jimenez, Miami, FL
Juan Lopez, Miami, FL
Juan M. Fernandez, Miami, FL
Juana Cabrera, Hialeah, FL
Juana Machado, Miami, FL
Julie Green, Pelham, AL
Julio C. Perez, Chicago IL
Julio C. Zangroniz, Rockville, MD
Julio Cabrera, Hialeah, FL
Katherine LaPeer, West Palm Beach, FL
Kenneth G. Hahn, Placentia CA
Knox Gohring, Fullerton, CA
Kristi Voss, Miami, FL
Kristine Valdes, Miami, FL
Larry Daley, Corvallis, OR
Larry Muñoz, Los Angeles, CA
Laura Chiang, Miami, FL
Lee Laden, Philadelphia, PA
Leonardo Gonzalez Jr., Miami, FL
Leonardo Gonzalez, Miami, FL
Leonides Garcia, Miami, FL
Les Pantin, Coral Gables, FL
Lesley Varas-Caraballo, Miami, FL
Lidia Hernandez, Miami, FL
Liliana Quincoses, Weatherford, TX
Lisa Harriott, Homestead, FL
Lissette Navarrete, Miami, FL
Lloyd Briggs, Hallandale Beach, FL
Loida Gonzalez, Miami, FL
Loretta Guzman, Miami, FL
Louis A. Mayor, San Antonio, TX
Lourdes Argimon, Miami, FL
Lourdes Ruiz, Hialeah, FL
Lourdes Villadamigo, Miami, FL
Luis Castro, Miami, FL
Luis Diaz, Hialeah, FL
Luis M. Valdes III, Miami, FL
Luis M. Valdes Jr. Miami, FL
Luis Mayor, Colleyville, TX
Magaly Guzman, Miami, FL
Manuel Garcia, Coral Springs, FL
Manuel Morlote, Miami, FL
Mara Venegas, Miami, FL
Marc R. Masferrer, Bradenton, FL
Marcela Ayon-Siervo, Miami, FL
Marcia Pereira, Miami, FL
Marcos Angel Ramirez, Miami, FL
Marcos Ruiz, Miami, FL
Margarita Laza, Miami, FL
Margarita Villadamigo, Miami, FL
Maria Corredero, Miami, FL
Maria del Carmen Mayor, Colleyville, TX
Maria Elena Gomez, Miami, FL
Maria Elena Martinez, Hialeah, FL
Maria Isabel Fara, Miami, FL
Maria Isabel Sanchez, Miami, FL
Maria Julia Diaz, Miami, FL
Maria Mendoza, Miami, FL
Maria Salvador, Miami FL
Marilyn Fajin, Miami, FL
Mario Andres Pons Miami, FL
Mario Fleitas, Miami, FL
Mario Luque, Pembroke Pines, FL
Mario Ramirez, Wantagh NY
Mario S. Garriga Cazimajou, MSc, Burbank, WA
Marisela Soto, Miami, FL
Marta Quinn, Miramar, FL
Martha Garcia, Miami, FL
Martha Quinn, Miramar, FL
Martin Hague, Saint Louis, MO
Matt Gonzalez, Ft. Myers, FL
Max Lopez, Miami, FL
Michael Bryant, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Michael Pancier Esq., Fort Lauderdale, FL
Michelle Quesada, Miami, FL
Miguel F. Oyarzun, Newport, RI
Miriam Iturbe, Miami FL
Nayivis Pupo, Miami, FL
Nelly Castro, Miami, FL
Nereida Garcia, Hialeah, FL
Nicholas Diaz, Miami, FL
Nicholas DuBoyce, Garfield, NJ
Nicholas Dueno, West Palm Beach, FL
Nicolás Antonio Jiménez, Columbia, MO
O. J. Casas, Carrollton, TX
Ofelia Hernandez, Miami, FL
Ofelia M. Torres, Miami, FL
Olfa Garcia, Miami, FL
Olga Llechu, Miami, FL
Ondina Kaba, Miami, FL
Ondina Michelena, Miami, FL
Orlando Cespedes, Riverside, CA
Orlando Machado Jr., Burbank, CA
Oscar Brito, Lake Worth, FL
Patricia Cervera, Miami, FL
Patricio Texidor, Twin Lakes, WI
Paul Sepan, Centennial, CO
Paula Gonzalez, Bronx, NY
Pedro Garcia, Miami, FL
Pedro J. Gomez, Miami, FL
Pedro León, Hialeah, FL
Pedro Martinez, Miami, FL
Peter Torres, Key Biscayne, FL
Pia Gomez, Miami, FL
Radames Suarez, Queens, NY
Ramiro Ramos, Miami, FL
Ramon Fajin, Miami, FL
Ramon Sarmiento, Miami, FL
Ramona Quintero, Miami, FL
Raphael Cervera, Miami, FL
Raul Marquez, Miami, FL
Raul Musibay, Miami, FL
Reinier A. Potts, Davie, FL
Rey F. Arbolay, Lampasas, TX
Ricardo Fernandez, Miami, FL
Robert A. Deitich, Orlando FL
Robert I. Barrocas, Miami, FL
Roberto Aguirre, Miami, FL
Roberto del Rosal, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Rocio Arbelaez, Miami, FL
Roger Romero, Miami, FL
Rolando Garcia, Hialeah, FL
Rolando J. Navarrete, Miami, FL
Rolando Navarrete, Miami, FL
Rosa Alfonso, Miami, FL
Rosa Garcia, Miami, FL
Rosario Cejo Polewczak, Raleigh, NC
Ruth Maestre, Lyndhurst, NJ
Sandra L. Brity, Miami, FL
Santiago M. Sanchez, Miami, FL
Scott Gillies, Grayson, GA
Serena Marinucci, Sydney, Australia
Silvia Mendoza, Miami, FL
Sissy Willis, Chelsea, MA
Stephanie Bienstock, Miami Beach, FL
Steve Hogge, Coral Gables, FL
Steven Holland, Harrison, AR
Susana Machado, Miami, FL
Thomas Regnier, Garland, TX
Thomas W. Hall, New York, NY
Tom Grassia, Santa Fe, NM
Valerie Dieppa, Miami, FL
Victoria Frerrero, Miami, FL
Virgilio Dieppa, Miami, FL
Vivian Castro, Caracas, Venezuela
Vivian Cató, Hialeah, FL
Walter Villadamigo, Miami, FL
Wm. Picou, Weatherford, TX
Yamy Choy, Miami, FL
Yvette Valdes, Miami, FL
Yvonne Sargent, Crystal Lake, IL
Zeida F. Casas, Miami, FL
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at April 29, 2006 04:16 AM
Comments
Charlie Bravo, New York City, New York
Posted by: Charlie Bravo
at April 29, 2006 07:01 AM
Marc R. Masferrer, Bradenton, FL
Posted by: Marc Masferrer
at April 29, 2006 07:26 AM
Matt Gonzalez - Ft. Myers, FL.
Posted by: Gonzalez
at April 29, 2006 07:36 AM
Gigi Fernandez, Dallas, TX
Posted by: Gigi
at April 29, 2006 09:00 AM
Aymee Camayd Tokmakci, IOP, SC
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." ~ Einstein
Posted by: Melek
at April 29, 2006 09:26 AM
Jose I. Aguirre, Miami, FL
Posted by: Jose Aguirre
at April 29, 2006 09:37 AM
jose gonzalez,houston,tx,usa.
Posted by: tony44
at April 29, 2006 09:42 AM
Emily Nelson Plano, TX
Posted by: Emily Nelson
at April 29, 2006 10:01 AM
Josue Sierra, Arlington VA. I have posted and linked about this.
Posted by: Josue Sierra at Latino Issues
at April 29, 2006 10:04 AM
Lourdes Argimon, Miami, Florida
Posted by: Lou
at April 29, 2006 10:19 AM
Alex Hernandez/Mechanical Engineer/ New York City
Posted by: Alex
at April 29, 2006 10:31 AM
Orlando/Director Sales & Marketing/Chemical Engineer/Southern California, USA.
Posted by: Orlando
at April 29, 2006 11:58 AM
Patricio Texidor, Artist/Teacher, Twin Lakes, WI
(I like that word "sycophants"!) I also appreciate that last paragraph with the clarification: "Lastly, we would like to emphasize that ENCASA in no way represents the feelings of ordinary Cuban- Americans. The group is self-appointed and consists of some well meaning but naïve individuals as well (as) some recognized leftists and Castro collaborators. The true leaders of the Cuban Diaspora are the ones that are elected democratically every two, four and six years."
Posted by: Patricio Texidor
at April 29, 2006 12:33 PM
Darmon C. Thornton, Las Vegas, NV
Posted by: D.C. Thornton
at April 29, 2006 12:52 PM
Louis A. Mayor, San Antonio, TX
Posted by: Louis
at April 29, 2006 12:54 PM
Mario Ramirez, Wantagh NY
Give em hell Val! This is a Castro front - it is sponsered by the Cuban dicktatorship. Max castro and all of those "Cuban Americans" are agents!
Posted by: mandingo
at April 29, 2006 12:58 PM
Chantel Acevedo, Hamden, CT
Posted by: yucababy
at April 29, 2006 01:12 PM
J.Scott Barnard, Jacksonville, FL
Posted by: jsb
at April 29, 2006 01:20 PM
Maria Salvador, Miami FL
Miriam Iturbe, Miami FL
Iris dela Osa, Avon Park FL
Alexander Salvador, Miami FL
Posted by: mavi
at April 29, 2006 01:56 PM
Miguel F. Oyarzun, Newport, RI
Posted by: Miguel-O-Matic
at April 29, 2006 02:45 PM
Orlando Machado Jr., Burbank, CA
Amanda Solomon, Burbank, CA
Posted by: machete
at April 29, 2006 03:27 PM
Jerome du Bois and Catherine King, Phoenix, Arizona
Posted by: Jerome du Bois
at April 29, 2006 03:42 PM
Celsa A. Echeandia, Leesburg, VA
Posted by: Tati
at April 29, 2006 05:58 PM
Larry Daley
Posted by: Larry Daley
at April 29, 2006 07:51 PM
Nicholas DuBoyce, Garfield, NJ
Posted by: baldwin
at April 29, 2006 07:56 PM
Lee Laden, Philadelphia, PA
Posted by: Grammy in Phila.
at April 29, 2006 10:01 PM
Nicolás Antonio Jiménez - Columbia, MO
Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia
Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association President
Posted by: elbombillo
at April 29, 2006 10:48 PM
Check out what the leadership of these ENCASA minions look like. It's the same old gang that for more than 30 years have been active in pro-Castro organizations. The most pathetic is Nelson Valdes. According to his own daughter, her mother abandoned their family to live with a pimp and work as a prostitute.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/dialogue/encasa-verdugo.htm
Posted by: delacova
at April 29, 2006 11:53 PM
ERIC ALAMO, WEST COVINA, CA
Posted by: Eric
at April 30, 2006 12:21 AM
Dr. Antonio de la Cova
Indiana University, Bloomington
Posted by: delacova
at April 30, 2006 01:19 AM
Orlando Cespedes, Riverside, CA
Posted by: Orlando
at April 30, 2006 02:23 AM
Scott Gillies, Grayson, GA
Posted by: Scott
at April 30, 2006 08:55 AM
Julio C Perez, Chicago Illinois
Posted by: Corsario
at April 30, 2006 11:37 AM
One may notice the inclusion of Andrew Valls of tthe polisci department of Oregon State University among these "dialogueros." This is most strange since he is editor of a book (Ethics in International Affairs ) which apparently excuses terrorism as "just war"
A discussion of Valls work by Scott C. Lowe is found at
http://www.wickedness.net/ejv1n2/ejv1n2_lowe.pdf
Posted by: Larry Daley
at April 30, 2006 11:48 AM
Robert A. Deitich, Orlando Florida
Posted by: Mordwyn
at April 30, 2006 01:51 PM
Rosario Cejo Polewczak, Raleigh, NC
Posted by: Rose
at April 30, 2006 02:35 PM
Robert I. Barrocas, Miami, FL
Posted by: barrocas
at April 30, 2006 04:20 PM
Maggie Prieto, Miami,Florida
Posted by: The Mrs.
at April 30, 2006 08:03 PM
Ernest E. Bennett
Centerville, GA
Posted by: Pointy Head
at April 30, 2006 10:34 PM
Julio C. Zangroniz, Rockville, MD
Posted by: Jzangroniz
at May 1, 2006 12:27 AM
Alberto Quiroga, Boca Raton FL
Posted by: Alberto-Q
at May 1, 2006 07:14 AM
I see the Encasa advocacy with dismay,b/c in
Encasa are good people mixed with very bad people,who are "notorious" leftist and Pro-castro,
More than this,they are also genuine Castro's chums.Generally speaking Encasa has espoused old
and worn-out ideas which has been quite a while
ago the flag of leftist and senseless groups.I live in Europe for almost a decade and everybody
has seen how the new(Made by Zapatero)soft approach has yielded nothing,but more oppression.
Why ,then ,the american trade with Castro and so on
are supposed to wave the magic wand? No way,those
ideas are part of the castrist penetration,just like this.
Posted by: RALPH
at May 1, 2006 07:40 AM
Jorge Escala, Miami, FL
Posted by: amdg_belen
at May 1, 2006 09:29 AM
Eduardo Conde
Jan Conde
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Posted by: LaMaraca
at May 1, 2006 10:05 AM
Michael Pancier, Esquire
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posted by: Cigar Mike Pancier
at May 1, 2006 10:31 AM
Steven Holland
Harrison, Arkansas
Posted by: cracker
at May 1, 2006 03:44 PM
Arthur Rivers
Mackinaw City, MI
Posted by: River Rat
at May 1, 2006 03:53 PM
YAMY CHOY,MIAMI,FLORIDA
Posted by: babalu cheerleader
at May 1, 2006 06:19 PM
Serena Marinucci
Sydney Australia
Posted by: serena
at May 1, 2006 06:19 PM
Max Lopez,
Miami, Florida
Posted by: Max
at May 1, 2006 07:09 PM
Humberto Fontova
New Orleans, La.
Posted by: Humberto
at May 1, 2006 07:27 PM
Reinier A. Potts, Davie,FL
Posted by: Reinier A Potts
at May 1, 2006 08:46 PM
Kenneth G. Hahn, Placentia CA
Posted by: Ken Hahn
at May 1, 2006 09:51 PM
Calixto M. Lopez, Miami Beach, FL
Posted by: Kallistos
at May 2, 2006 12:02 AM
Two more:
9. That all the cubans will have the right to own property.
10. That private enterprise will be reinstated on the island.
Posted by: dariusz
at May 2, 2006 12:08 AM
Dariusz Byczkowski Ontario Canada
Posted by: dariusz
at May 2, 2006 12:10 AM
Michael Bryant
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posted by: Michael
at May 2, 2006 06:17 AM
Angela Becker, Antioch,TN
Posted by: AngieB
at May 2, 2006 09:37 AM
Debra Torres, NY, NY
Posted by: Debra
at May 2, 2006 09:56 AM
Daniel Hernandez, Miami, FL
Posted by: Danny H
at May 2, 2006 04:17 PM
Paul Sepan, Centennial, CO
Posted by: Guido
at May 2, 2006 05:00 PM
Ed Suarez, San Antonio, Texas
Posted by: Ed
at May 4, 2006 06:35 PM
Jorge Machado, Palo Alto, California
Posted by: JMachado
at May 5, 2006 03:17 AM
Mario S Garriga Cazimajou, MSc, Burbank, WA
I want to add my name to such an important document. We have a duty to confront evil in all its forms.
Posted by: medmanager
at May 5, 2006 01:46 PM
Enrique Valle, Miami, FL.
Posted by: FREEDOM4CUBA
at May 11, 2006 08:40 AM
Henry Ortuno, Queensbury, NY
Posted by: Hank
at May 21, 2006 02:19 PM
Beth Cleaver
Mobile, Alabama
(Sorry I didn't see this sooner!)
Posted by: Beth
at May 22, 2006 05:59 PM
Martin Hague
Saint Louis, Missouri
Posted by: Martin Hague
at May 23, 2006 12:56 PM
Sissy Willis
Chelsea, MA
Posted by: Sissy Willis
at May 23, 2006 01:01 PM
Bridget Olson
Los Angeles, CA
Posted by: randomthoughts
at May 23, 2006 01:03 PM
Julie Green
Pelham, AL
Posted by: riffraff
at May 23, 2006 01:46 PM
Tom Grassia, Santa Fe; NM
Posted by: Tom
at May 24, 2006 12:34 PM
Kenny Hill, Montrose, CO
Posted by: khatch
at May 24, 2006 03:02 PM
Aaron DeLay
Littleton, CO
Posted by: techinblack
at May 24, 2006 03:06 PM
Right on Babalu. The sooner he's gone the better.
LLoyd Briggs, Hallandale Beach, FL
a/k/a/ AUSPatrioman@myway.com
Posted by: auspatriotman
at May 24, 2006 08:53 PM
Forgot the 't' in auspatriotman@myway.com
There. Fixed. :-)
Posted by: auspatriotman
at May 24, 2006 08:55 PM
Alisa S. Artigas
Alpharetta, GA/Florence, Italy
Posted by: Alisa
at May 25, 2006 07:57 AM
Jose Cala, Miami FL
Gladys Cala, Miami FL
Posted by: Lori
at May 27, 2006 11:42 PM
Gretchen J. Skoog
Chicago, Illinois
Posted by: drgretch
at May 29, 2006 06:26 PM
Michael B. Combs
Gualala, California
Posted by: Major Mike
at May 29, 2006 07:53 PM
David Richard
Lake Charles/New Orleans, Louisiana
Posted by: Dax
at May 30, 2006 03:59 PM
Jeffrey M. Keenan
Largo, Florida
Posted by: benning
at May 31, 2006 09:52 AM
Greg & Sharon Globus,Hampton, VA
