In Cuba, buying local is the only choice.Photos: Erica Gies
Reports that Fidel Castro turned over power to his brother Raul last week because of surgery for intestinal bleeding have brought a flashback to the Cold War, with reporters rushing to doodle prematurely on his grave and interview the vociferous hard-right Miami expat constituency that has helped dictate U.S.-Cuba policy for the last 47 years. But they're missing a vital part of the story.
Tired of my government's hyperbole on the subject, I visited Cuba not long ago. I wanted to see it for myself and draw my own conclusions, before Castro died and the United States annexed it as a Sandals resort.
http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2006/08/09/gies/index.html?source=daily
Please also see:
International Intellectuals Urge U.S. to Stop Threatening Cuba
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2525&blz=1
Cubans celebrate Castro's 80th birthday
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/14/eng20060814_292932.html
The world embraces Fidel
• Wide international repercussions for president’s 80th birthday
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/lun14/34mundo.html
Unforgettable afternoon between brothers
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/lun14/34fidchav.html
No enemy can defeat us
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier18/35raul.html
Newspaper publishes new statement from Castro, first pictures since illness http://english.people.com.cn/200608/14/eng20060814_292777.html
'Juventud Rebelde' http://www.juventudrebelde.cu
Tired of my government's hyperbole on the subject, I visited Cuba not long ago. I wanted to see it for myself and draw my own conclusions, before Castro died and the United States annexed it as a Sandals resort.
http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2006/08/09/gies/index.html?source=daily
Please also see:
International Intellectuals Urge U.S. to Stop Threatening Cuba
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=2525&blz=1
Cubans celebrate Castro's 80th birthday
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/14/eng20060814_292932.html
The world embraces Fidel
• Wide international repercussions for president’s 80th birthday
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/lun14/34mundo.html
Unforgettable afternoon between brothers
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/lun14/34fidchav.html
No enemy can defeat us
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2006/agosto/vier18/35raul.html
Newspaper publishes new statement from Castro, first pictures since illness http://english.people.com.cn/200608/14/eng20060814_292777.html
'Juventud Rebelde' http://www.juventudrebelde.cu