More of that “change” in Cuba they keep telling us about.
John Suarez reports in Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:
Not mourning the death of Fidel Castro is punishable by prison, beatings and death in Cuba.
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is still dead. With apologies to Chevy Chase and Saturday Night Live
Two years ago, on a Black Friday that fell on November 25, 2016, Cuban tyrant Fidel Castro died at the age of 90 never having had to answer for his many crimes against humanity both in and out of Cuba. From Nicaragua, to Ethiopia, to Venezuela, and in many other places the Castro regime assisted tyrants and dictators to hold on to and consolidate their power. One day later in a blog post I predicted what would come next.
“Predictably over the next few weeks inside Cuba the world will see spectacles organized by the totalitarian dictatorship to “mourn the great leader.” The regime has already started with nine days set aside for official mourning. This will not be the first time that monsters are mourned by an oppressed people through different methods of command, control and manipulation. The world has witnessed it before in the Soviet Union in 1953 and more recently in North Korea with the Kim dynasty. The death of Stalin as dramatized in the film “The Inner Circle” is recommended viewing for those about to follow the circus in Cuba in the wake of Fidel Castro’s death. Meanwhile in Cuba as the regime prepares its state funeral the Castro dictatorship’s secret police begin to make threats, round up and take dissidents to undisclosed location and commit acts of violence.”
The two year mark will be reached in two days, but the record is already evident for those willing to look with a critical eye. When Fidel Castro’s death was announced mourning was obligatory, and failure to do so had serious consequences.
Some were jailed for refusing to mourn the Cuban dictator’s death but were released from prison over the course of 2017. Others remain jailed.
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