November 29, 2006
The List
Those attending the dictator's farewell party:
Reverend Lucius Walker, leader of Pastors for Peace
Rene Burri, French photographer
Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Argentinean Nobel Peace Prize winner
Tomas Borge, Nicaraguan writer
Thiago de Mello, Brazilian poet
Pablo Gonzalez Casanova, Mexican sociologist
Alfonso Sastre, Spanish playright
Tarek William Saab, Venezuelan poet
Ignacio Ramonet, Venezuelan academic
Claudia Camba, coordinator of the literacy campaign in Argentina
Alexander Paunov Bulgarian, Cuba-Bulgaria Parliamentary Solidarity Group
Carmen Lirea, Mexican newspaper editor
Fernando Solanas, Argentinean filmmaker
Vladislav Kosarev, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazajshtan
Hans Otto dill, German writer
Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian Socialist party
Marillia Guimaraes, Brazillian intellectual
Rodrigo Borja, former Ecuadorian President
Francois Houtart, Belgium sociologist and priest
Stella Callonni, Argentinean journalist
Nayef Hawatmeh, the head of the Damascus-based Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
James Cockcroft, American author and New York State University professor
Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
Daniel Ortega, President-elect, Nicaragua
Rene Preval, President of Haiti
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian nobel laureate
Andres Gomez, Miami resident
Diego Maradona, ex-soccer star
Maria Rojo, Mexican actress
Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorian writer
Gerard Depardieu, French actor
Miguel Bonasso, Argentinean writer
My pick for stomach turner of the day: Hebe de Bonafini, Argentinean president of the Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
Update: I just came across this quote from Bonafini, "Fidel is today what he was for our [missing] children - a clear thinker and one of the greatest men that has ever lived."
Message to Señora de Bonafini: ask fidel about Cuba's disappeared.
* I will be adding to the list as more names become available.
Posted by Ziva at November 29, 2006 03:47 PM
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Hey-------you forgot to add Harry Belafonte, Maxine Waters to the farewell party for the old dictator. Maybe when these two are next in La Habana they can take a walk by themselfs into Jesus Maria or maybe Lujano. That would be fun to watch as they come out runing yelling as a mob of angry Cubanos chase them away thowing stones and bricks from the crumbling buildings.
Posted by: Henry Agueros ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at November 29, 2006 04:56 PM
I'm outraged by the Madres de la Plaza of Argentina.
EMAIL THEM: madres@madres.org
Posted by: Dave Sandoval at November 29, 2006 05:00 PM
Andres Gomes, this SOB lives in Miami and as I understand it, works for the county. He was interviewed on Channel 51 saying that he hopes to see Castro on Saturday but that if he doesn't show up he will also be happy because it means that he is taking good care of himself.
This bastard goes to Cuba several times a year and proves that those travel restrictions are a joke.
Posted by: therealcuba at November 29, 2006 06:28 PM
you also forgot about Masdroga
Posted by: Miguelito at November 29, 2006 08:25 PM
Opps........Maradona
Posted by: Miguelito at November 29, 2006 08:27 PM
a list to throw up over, just disgusting!!!
Well I hope they are taken for a swim at the Almendares river so that they can see at least ONE among the many issues that regular cubans have to face.
Posted by: qbanartemisa at November 29, 2006 08:29 PM
Que?? No Hugo? What's a desfile without Chavez? I guess he's a given, or an honorary speaker. But surely Jimmy Carter, the champion of human rights, will be there?
Claudia
Posted by: Claudia at November 29, 2006 08:36 PM
Do James Cockcroft,and Reverend Lucius Walker have the blessings of the State Department to travel to Cuba in order to watch a MILITARY parade?
Posted by: Firefly at November 29, 2006 09:53 PM
Firefly, good question and the main reason for this post.
Posted by: Ziva at November 29, 2006 10:08 PM
No aparecen en la lista Marx "El Polaco" Lesnick y Eloy "El Gallego" Gutiérrez Menoyo. Antes de la revolución El Gallego era cantinero en Eloy's Bar en La Habana y El Polaco tenía un timbiriche de vender fritas con Enrique Nuñez.
Posted by: delacova at November 30, 2006 12:47 AM
Delacova, it is interesting to note that the usual American suspects are not showing up in any of the news stories, so far.
Posted by: Ziva at November 30, 2006 01:35 AM
Ziva,
I wonder which Hollywood celebrities will attend. It should be interesting to see what (and IF) the State Department take any action against them.
Posted by: Firefly at November 30, 2006 06:41 AM
I'm sure menoyo will be there, though they won't announce it because he's supposed to be part of the opposition, remember? Shhhhshhh.
Posted by: conductor at November 30, 2006 08:58 AM
Conductor,
I was told that Menoyo was trying to open up a jinetera bar in Havana called "Cambio Cubano," for Spanish tourists, which is about the only work experience he has ever had.
Posted by: delacova at November 30, 2006 05:13 PM
depardiu o como se llame
Posted by: JohnFridman at December 1, 2006 04:31 AM
bunch of clowns, but...where's the ringmaster?
Posted by: nurian at December 1, 2006 04:15 PM
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