June 07, 2007
Fidel Reappears - Competing Interpretations
Only days after CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer took a somewhat hard line with Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon, he seemed to take a step back yesterday when addressing the topic of the latest video to appear of "El Cagado." Referring to Castro's latest appearance on the island's "Mesa Redonda" television program, Blitzer remarked that Cuba's maximum tyrant was looking much stronger and seemed to imply that he was well on his way to recovery. Anyone who understands and/or speaks Spanish however, realizes this is far from the truth.
In a Babalu post appearing yesterday, titled "Why a Taped Interview?," I referenced the fact that Castro appeared quite feeble, speaking in a halting voice, rambling on about a variety of odd topics and seeming to lose his train of thought on several occasions. All is clearly not well with the island's "leader" and today, the Spanish-language daily, El Diario/La Prensa comes out with the same interpretation.
In a piece titled "Exilio: Fidel es un Anciano Enfermo y Desconectado,"
readers are given a dose of reality. Some choice quotes for your consumption:
Fidel Castro, who in August, turned 81, has transformed from the "commander of the revolution to a sick and weak citizen," with "concentration problems" - Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the Cuban Democracy Movement
A "grotesque spectacle, I don't know how they allowed him to appear in that condition" - Journalist, Ninoska Perez
A "pathetic spectacle . . . he came across like a dictator who is no longer part of either the present or future Cuba." - Sylvia G. Iriondo, President, Mothers and Wives Anti-Repression (MAR por Cuba)
Posted by at June 7, 2007 10:29 AM
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Blitzer asked Alarcon maybe 2 or 3 tough questions but he let Alarcon slide with non-answers and outright falsehoods, not offering follow-up questions or pointing out simple falsehoods like the fact that Clinton, not Bush, as Alarcon asserted, was in the white house when Posada was arrested in Panama for trying to kill castro.
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at June 7, 2007 12:32 PM
Blitzer's name is rather more impressive than his caliber as a journalist. He's more about image and surface than real substance. We're talking infotainment more than serious news in the true sense of that term. And since Cuba is involved, shoddy work (or worse) is pretty much guaranteed.
It's like the recent Lauer/NBC farce. If they'd been truly serious, they would have spent months getting input and advice from those who really know the score, meaning relevant members of the Cuban exile community. Instead, they spent that time making sure they met all the specifications of the Castro regime, and the results naturally reflect that. It's a disgrace, but what else is new?
Posted by: asombra at June 8, 2007 02:13 PM
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