Castro’s granddaughter parties in New York City like it’s 1959
Just because regular Cubans are forced to live in abject poverty and deprived of the most basic necessities and human rights by a ruthlessly repressive dictatorship does not necessarily mean the ruling elite on the island must suffer along with them. And just because regular Cubans must resort to any means necessary -- including prostitution -- in order to feed, clothe, and shelter their families, it does not mean that the children of the dictatorship have to suffer the same misery. No, not at all. While regular Cubans are treated like animals by the Castro dictatorship, sold like slaves to the highest bidder, Vilma Rodriguez Castro, the granddaughter of Cuba's dictator Raul Castro, blissfully parties in New York City like it is 1959.
By granting Vilmita and other elite members of Cuba's ruling class visas to enter the U.S., the purpose of the Obama administration's Cuba policy becomes apparent; to ensure the Cuban dictatorship's privileged elite do not have to suffer like regular Cubans.
Via Cuba Al Descubierto (Cuba Uncovered), photos of Vilma Rodriguez Castro enjoying herself in New York City this past week courtesy of the enslaved Cuban people and the Obama State Department:
Fabulous. Too bad about her horse face, but youth helps, and being Castro “royalty” helps even more. Look what it’s done for her grandpa, a rat-faced little nothing who was never, ever real military yet somehow became a four-star general and head of Cuba’s armed forces. Isn’t nepotism great? Besides, she’s only following family tradition, certainly on her mother’s side. The woman she’s named after, her maternal grandmother, came from haute bourgeoisie and lived like it all her life (she was especially fond of expensive French accoutrements). Of course, she played the proletarian game, but she was even less proletarian than Joe Biden is middle class. Anyhow, what good is being royalty if you can’t live like it?
Wait, she has higher cheekbones than Elizabeth Warren. Ergo, she must be Native American. Alert Harvard so they can put her on their faculty.
Do they just hand out American Express cards to the inner circle? ...or cash?
Maybe we should give her a break. She belongs to an extremely rich family, certainly according to Forbes. She was born into that and knows nothing else, so she takes it for granted that living rich is simply her birthright, the natural order of things. She’s not about to question the legitimacy of her family’s position or where its money came from; human nature rarely works that way--you think JFK cared how his old man got rich? Also, she doesn’t look especially bright or deep, but rather the opposite. Actually, she kind of reminds me of Sandra Fluke. Girls just wanna have fun, OK?