Quote of the day
"So what do they [the Cuban dictatorship] do? They hold a big concert that's going to be a political event. There will be rows and rows of neatly arranged chairs with the military people up front, the young communist people behind them, and people from the party behind them. Behind all of them, way in the back, in the street, will be the Cuban people. They will eventually go home because they can hear Juanes from three blocks away. I might as well watch it on TV. A lot of people in Miami are criticizing that event, and they are right. They always mix politics with culture in this country."
A totally apolitical event, no doubt about it.
For certain, completely apolitical.
Now get out of that seat scumbag, it's reserved for heads of the CDR.
Whoa. Wait a second. I thought Cubans on the island had no clue about what people in Miami are saying. I thought the horrible "blockade" prevented any of that information from filtering down.
So much for that senseless argument.
I believe the best quote from the aritcle is:
"Maybe if it were Sting I would go, although transportation here is really bad and I don't know how I would get there. I guess if it were Sting, I would walk. Juanes, I can hear on the radio."
I am not sure if anyone noted what the mImai Herald posted at the bottom of the article:
The name of The Miami Herald staff writer is being withheld because the journalist lacks the visa required by the Cuban government to report from the island. Past requests by The Miami Herald for such a visa have gone unanswered.
It calls my attention the difference of opinions between the Cubans interviewed by Yoani Sanchez and these ones that spoke to the Herald reporter... more trust to openly talk to the Herald and not to Yoani? I am puzzled... well, maybe not that much...
Juanes will perform below that neon monstrosity of the Che ...
Simon, Luis 1962 "Mis relaciones con el Che Guevara", Cuadernos (Paris), 60, mayo 1962 pp. 35-42. page 42 “Como todos los comunistas o personas de mente marxista el “Che “es frío y calculando, fusila, elimina y derrama la sangre de todo aquel que se ponga “en encamino de la revolución con absoluta indiferencia. Es capaz de sentiré mas cariño por un animal cualquiera que por un hombre ; ... “ This loosely translates to: “As all communists or people with marxist minds el “Che” is cold and calculating, with absolute indifference (he will) shoot, eliminate and spill the blood of all who block the road to revolution. He is capable of giving more care to any animal than a human.” Luis Simon was a union organizer in Cuba, who fought against Batista in the cities, and then went to the Sierra and traveled to African and European countries with the Che. He got into some kind of trouble for romancing one of Celia Sanchez’s female entourage. He came to the U.S. where he told the FBI that he was a marxist but not a communist, and then apparently went to France. I have not seen him since about 1962.