June 30, 2008

Victory in Nassau - Cuban Men Escape Detention

Ariel Delgado Rodriguez and Felipe Espinosa Leon are on the run from yet another corrupt government. Authorities in the Bahamas imprisoned the two men, who were among several other Cuban refugees recently captured, at a detention center infamous for its mistreatment of those unlucky enough to be housed there.

It is standard procedure in the Bahamas to hold detained refugees at the Carmichael Road Detention Center before repatriating them back to Cuba. As such, the Bahamian government works hand-in-hand with Cuban oppression.

It is common knowledge that repatriated Cuban refugees are subject to harsh treatment and often, imprisonment upon their return to the island. As such, those arrested and awaiting deportation from the island have no choice but to attempt escape. Those working on behalf of the Bahamian government, including Immigration Minister Elma Campbell, are thus guilty of trafficking in human misery.

In remarks to the Nassau Guardian, Campbell was quoted as saying she found it “amazing” that individuals seem to be able to walk out of the detention center with “apparent ease and impunity.” What I find more amazing is the fact that a nation as small and seemingly innocent as the Bahamas would have no qualms with assisting the de-facto Cuban “government” with the persecution of innocent refugees.

Come the end of the dictatorship, what are the options of the Cuban people when it comes to responding to these sorts of overt acts of aggression against those fleeing the island? While I am not a vengeful person by nature, I don't believe we can simply ignore and move on, forgetting the crime of "cooperation" perpetrated by so many foreign nations against the Cuban people. Miss Campbell and others like her are helping to forge the chains that continue to bind the Cuban people, and I for one, cannot simply erase that image from my head.

Posted by Anatasio Blanco at June 30, 2008 09:48 AM



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Since fidel is no longer in power, he should be tried for crimes against humanity, of which there is ample proof of guilt. International heads-of-state would then perhaps think twice before honoring any agreement made with the outlaw regime. His so-called retirement is a grievous insult to the memory of his victims.

Posted by: Ziva Sahl [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 30, 2008 01:51 PM

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