August 29, 2008
Gorki is out of jail!
To say he is free would be an overstatement.
A.P. Photo of Gorki being led to his trial earlier today.
But Ernesto Hernandez Busto is reporting that Gorki was fined 600 pesos (about $40 U.S.) and that they changed the charge from "dangerousness" to "disobedience". Ernesto quotes Yoani Sanchez as saying that "the pressure [exerted on the regime] was worth it."
Postscript: Does this mean the going rate for the right to call fidel castro a "come pinga" has been reduced to $40 in Cuba? If so, I expect a momentous lift in remittances to the island.
Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at August 29, 2008 07:57 PM
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YAY!!!
Posted by: Claudia4Libertad ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.babalublog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 29, 2008 08:59 PM
Check out Alfredo Pong's previous cartoon of Gorki's song about what Fidel Castro eats
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/pong/TIRA-246-WEB.jpg
Posted by: delacova at August 29, 2008 10:05 PM
The expression on Gorki's face is devastating. Thank God he is out and okay for now. What a reality is Cuba. Imagine if the media gave daily attendence to the regimes abuses, what a difference they could make, if only they would. This news is such a relief, some good with so far to go. May God bless and keep safe this brave man.
Posted by: Ziva Sahl at August 29, 2008 10:10 PM
bad link Tony.
Posted by: Henry Louis Gomez at August 29, 2008 10:23 PM
I see there was enough press in the media that the government didn't want to make themselves look a fool. Thanks to the attention given by people like babalublog.com Gorki left with a slap on the hand. Now what about the rest of the political prisioners??
Posted by: j2tharome at August 30, 2008 12:10 AM