John Suarez in Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:
Learn about the Cuban government’s close working relationship with racist and fascist regimes
“Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres”. [“Tell me with whom you walk, and I will tell you who you are.”] – Spanish proverb
Over the years well meaning people at the United Nations Human Rights Council have asked: “Is Cuba changing?” The response provided has been: Have you seen any changes in their behavior here? The response continues to be “no.” The confusion is understandable especially if one gets their “news” from The New York Times.
However, thanks to the internet and Google news one has access to a wide range of information and the facts underline the continuing brutal and repressive nature of the dictatorship in Cuba at home and abroad.
For example the Castro regime’s “solidarity” with brutal repressive regime’s crosses ideological boundaries. In the 1970s and early 1980s the Cuban government had a solid working alliance with the Argentine military dictatorship at a time when the military junta was disappearing 30,000 leftists in Argentina. This is in the news again now because of new declassified documents that have emerged confirming the sordid relationship.
At the same time at the United Nations General Assembly the Cuban dictatorship worked hard to defend the regime in North Korea leading the fight, but thankfully failing to block, the regime’s referral to the International Criminal Court for its gross and systematic human rights violations. The dictatorships in North Korea and Cuba do not only cooperate together at the United Nations but also engage in arms smuggling violating international sanctions against shipping arms to North Korea.
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