A Spoiler

Today the 31-member council of ministers of Cuba’s dictatorial oligarchy will vote on who will be the island’s new president. The method of selection and the presidential title bestowed on the winner is a euphemism at best. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is more interested in the anticipated political changes this highly touted process will bring to the island nation than they are in questioning the perverse and grotesque misrepresentations coming out of Havana. Will the new president loosen the state’s grip on the economy? Will the new president allow the people to speak openly and without fear of retaliation for the first time since the regime took power? Will the new president free the thousands of political prisoners that are languishing in horrid jail cells?
While a huge segment of the world population waits with bated breath to learn what changes will come from this historic vote in Havana, I can offer them the answer as early as right now and save them a few days, weeks, or months of anxious anticipation.

Today is the 17,952nd day of the dictatorial oligarchy’s rule in Cuba.
Tomorrow, the day after the vote, will be the 17,953rd day of the dictatorial oligarchy’s rule in Cuba.

There you have it, my inquisitive and concerned friends; the BIG change you are all anticipating. I know it may seem anticlimactic, but this is about a big of a change as you are going to get.
While the regime remains in place, bequeathing power amongst its own, there will be no other radical change in Cuba. There will still be no freedom to speak, no freedom to write, no freedom to sing, no freedom to read, no freedom to associate, no freedom to travel, no freedom to work, no freedom to assemble, no freedom to do anything you and I take for granted. The only rights imparted on the Cuban people by the regime are the right to be oppressed.
I apologize if this was a spoiler to some of you, but I did not want you to stay waiting so long for something that was never going to happen. As long as Cuba’s ruling elite stays in control and keeps the island in chains the only thing that will change will be the date on the calendar.

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  1. Today the Cuban Parliament -during the beginning of its 7th legislature- will give the international community the perception that they are electing the “most qualified person” to lead the country for the next five years. This pantomime has been taking place in Cuba every five years since 1976. Chances are the representatives to the assembly are all playing dominoes and drinking Havana Club laughing at the international MSM for swallowing this big pill. Cuban-Americans know this decision was taken several months ago and those from the assembly had nothing to do with it.
    The next elections will take place during the beginning of the 8th legislature (God forbid) in 2013. Being that 13 is fifo’s lucky number, it’s quite possible that –if conditions don’t change in Cuba before then- he could come back from the dead and usurp the throne from his baby brother raulita.

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