Things are getting better in Cuba? 6,035 political arrests in 2012
Listening to the media and "Cuba Experts," one is led to believe that things are actually getting better in Cuba. The question is: For who? Since the beginning of this year, the Castro dictatorship has initiated a massive and brutal wave of repression against the island's opposition, breaking all sorts of records along the way. Not exactly a sign of improving conditions.
Through the month of November, there have been 6,035 political arrests on the island with an average of 549 political arrests per month. A pace that will make 2012 a banner year in Cuba for political repression, exceeding the number of arrests in 2010 and 2011 combined.
So... things are getting better in Cuba?
Cuban human rights group reports at least 410 political arrests in November
The very unofficial Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation on Tuesday reported there were at least 410 politically motivated arrests in Cuba in November.
That brings the the total for the year to 6,035. If the Castro regime continues its torrid pace of repression -- for the year, it has averaged 549 arrests per month -- it will easily surpass the total number of arrests in 2010 and 2011, combined.
Cubaencuentro.com has more on the commission's report.
You can read report, including details on each arrest, here.
Tragically, as long as the Lopez-Levy's, the Julia Sweig's, the Phil Peters' and the Saladrigas' continue in charge of decimating the facts and as long as the international news agencies continue being afraid of losing their news bureaus in Havana and as long as the New York Times continues being the New York Times [that is to say, a cancerous sore on the American Body Politics], and as long as the Vatican continues being the Vatican [you know, dealing with everyone from Nazis to castro I and II] Cuba will continue to "improve" even if the regime decides to smash in the brains of every single dissident inside Cuba at this moment.
Face it: totalitarian oppression has been deemed acceptable, if not desirable, for Cuba. It's that simple. The world has not and will NOT do right by us, which could hardly be clearer. Therefore, it comes down to Cubans themselves, on and off the island. Unfortunately, that's not looking too good. Castro, Inc. carries on as it does for a reason: it's been getting away with it for over 50 years, and it fully expects to keep doing so.
Castro, Inc. has a point: it's always been enabled and it still is, so why worry?