As
a direct result of Obama's intervention in Cuba, "a large group of
prominent Havana dissidents -- activists, civil society advocates and
independent journalists -- were arrested as they headed for a pro-free speech... event."
Among the arrested were writer Yoani Sanchez [there is a mistake because yoani was not arrested at this moment -lg] and her husband Reinaldo Escobar. In 2012 Sanchez
was arrested when she and other dissidents demanded information about
blogger Yaremis Flores accused of making anti-Castro comments. In
Sanchez's recent post of December 17, 2014, she speaks of "exhausted
hopes" and the need to "redouble [their] guard against the enemy." She
speaks of the "deceits of politics" as the United States under Barack
Hussein Obama worked in concert with the communist Cuban government.
There
was no "evidence of any agreement or compromise from the Cuban side"
and no "public timeline ... which commits the Cuban government to a
series of gestures in support of democratization and respect for
differences." So instead of "the release of all political prisoners and
prisoners of conscience; the end of political repression; the
ratification of the United Nations covenants on Civil, Political,
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights... in essence the beginning of the
"dismantling of totalitarianism," the Cuban dictatorship has clamped
down on the hopes and aspirations of the Cuban people -- thanks, in
part, to the actions of the communist-in-chief, Obama.
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Cuban dissident in
exile, writes about the words that "have remained buried by the string
of tyrants [.]" He highlights the "historic malapropisms" that have
resulted in the weapons and armies that "in short, impose violence for
life on [Cuban] society." He accuses the AP and the New York Times for
being "useful idiots." According to Lazo, "...campaigns of the AP, in
symbiosis with the Cuban government to demonize fundraising in support
of pro-human rights projects on the Island" have hurt the Cuban people
since "it is not common for... Cubans to do public fundraisers, as
occurs in any democratic country of the world." Consequently, "Cuba's
solvency was always handicapped by Castrosim. Only a poverty-stricken
people is vulnerable to enslavement. At the beginning, it was
accomplished through ideological class hatred." Therefore, Lazo
maintains that "[d]espite the pathetic AP and the NYT, Cuban redemption
still goes by this watchword: 'within the dictatorship, nothing; against
the dictatorship, everything.'"
But
this redemption is still a dream now that Obama has given his blessing
to the tyrant to the south. In fact, "[e]veryone from the Pope to the
American president decided what life should be for the Cubans. That is,
["e]veryone except the Cubans, decided on behalf of Cubans."
With
restrained anger and sadness, Pardo asks that "[t]he American President
and His Holiness, and the General of the Army and all authorities of
good faith in the world are invited not to decide but instead to
accompany Cubans in this decision, in a historic meeting where the
transit from totalitarianism towards an open society or another
controlling regimen is defined."
In
an open letter to Obama, Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, a member of the Cuban
Christian Liberation Movement, writes "that there is nothing new in
treating as 'normal' the illegitimate government in Havana, which has
never been elected by its citizens and has been practicing state murder
with impunity. That strategy already has been done by all the other
governments without positive consequences for democracy in [her]
country."
It
is only through the "guarantee of freedom of expression and
association, the release of political prisoners and the right to own
private enterprises, and free and plural elections" that real progress
can be made. She exhorts Obama to "support the implementation of a
plebiscite for free and pluralistic elections in Cuba; and support
citizen participation in the democratic process [as it is] the only
thing that will guarantee the end of totalitarianism in Cuba."
Ms. Acevedo and her family are now at risk for making these simple demands.
Thus, President Obama has
undermined the true spirit of freedom as evidenced by these courageous
souls, has made a mockery of what America is supposed to represent, and
has endangered the lives of these dissidents. The "Human Cost of Raul Castro's Rule" will continue to increase, aided and abetted by this president's actions.
But
given the communist and Marxist bent of the 44th President and his
continual exaltation of dictatorship around the world, I, for one, am
not surprised, just deeply saddened and ashamed that the leader of the
free world continues to empower dictatorial regimes. At home, Obama
erodes our constitutional protections and tramples American rights while
he continues to "enthrone communism" a system that only leads to misery
for all peoples The Cubans will remember and weep and the people of
goodwill in America will remember and hold their heads in shame.
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