December 28, 2006

Dr. Samartino to be deported to Cuba...

...but he's not headed to Havana.

Instead, the Bolivian regime that wants him out is asking that he be deported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, home of the U.S. naval base.

Gitmo!

Evo Morales just saved his rotten face and his $130 million in aid from the U.S. that props up his odious regime by asking for the U.S. to take in Dr. Samartino instead of hurling him back to castro. And Dr. Samartino, who has helped countless Cuban doctors marooned in Bolivia to reach freedom's shores in Brazil and the U.S., now himself is coming to the land of the free! Welcome, Dr. Samartino!!!!

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Dr. Samartino of Bolivia, who helped countless Cuban doctors there defect to freedom
Source: El Deber, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

This is a big victory!!!! And it's the result of U.S. pressure, driven by the determined voice of the Cuban American community on blogs such as Babalu, The Real Cuba, Blog for Cuba. As Amy eloquently says: "Go us!"

El Deber of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, has the story, in Spanish, here. The Real Cuba has a good translation of all the pertinent facts from it if you click and scroll down just a little here.

UPDATE: Ziva was way ahead of me on this so I moved my post down here. See what she has here.

Posted by Mora at December 28, 2006 11:25 AM



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Mora, you took the words right out of my mouth! ;-)

Posted by: Amy [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 28, 2006 05:54 PM

Thanks Mora, this is very good news!!!

Posted by: Ziva [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 28, 2006 06:23 PM

Little by little.One Victory @ a time.That is called progress.Great F%^&&$& news.CO~NO.You guys R making a huge differance!!Val,I hope u r feeling better and FELIZ NAVIDAD to you and your family.

P.S. PLEASE TRY TO USE A RUBBER NEEDLE NEXT TIME MI HERMANO.

Posted by: PLP [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 29, 2006 01:31 AM

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