Comments on: More Disgust at Obama’s Nobel–and from someone who ought to know http://babalublog.com/2009/10/more-disgust-at-obamas-nobel-and-from-someone-who-ought-to-know/ ...an island on the net without a bearded dictator Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:11:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: cubabuzz http://babalublog.com/2009/10/more-disgust-at-obamas-nobel-and-from-someone-who-ought-to-know/#comment-103053 cubabuzz Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:34:13 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=28227#comment-103053 I'm afraid that I do not know much about Elena / Yelena Bonner except what I read this morning on the web ... but she seems like a decent person. However, her opinion is at odds with that of a large group of imprisoned Cuban dissidents who congratulated Obama and released a statement saying Obama "has become a global symbol, especially for us who, under difficult conditions, are defending Cubans’ right to democracy." See: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/americas/view.bg?articleid=1204150 Very bizarre. 'Unreal' even. I mean, think about it, here you have Cuban dissidents basically taking the same side as Fidel on this issue! I'm afraid that I do not know much about Elena / Yelena Bonner except what I read this morning on the web ... but she seems like a decent person.

However, her opinion is at odds with that of a large group of imprisoned Cuban dissidents who congratulated Obama and released a statement saying Obama "has become a global symbol, especially for us who, under difficult conditions, are defending Cubans’ right to democracy." See:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/americas/view.bg?articleid=1204150

Very bizarre. 'Unreal' even. I mean, think about it, here you have Cuban dissidents basically taking the same side as Fidel on this issue!

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