Once again we see how the Castro dictatorship could not have ever survived for more than six decades without the implicit help of foreigners. While Cubans are suffering through blackouts, food and medicine shortages, and historic oppression, American businessmen are in Havana looking for business deals with the communist dictatorship.
Via ADN Cuba (my translation):
‘The faces of shamelessness’: U.S. businessmen criticized for meeting with the Cuban regime
Cuban activists criticized a “business conference” between the dictatorship and U.S. businessmen that began on Wednesday at the Hotel Nacional in Havana.
“A business conference between Cuba and the U.S. kicks off in Havana,” wrote the official account of the Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Ministry (MINCEX) on Twitter.
The conference, which will run through October 28, was organized by Focus Cuba, a U.S. entity that provides consulting and travel to the island in conjunction with the government-controlled Cuban Chamber of Commerce. According to the invitation, among the speakers scheduled to appear is Minister Gil, who will speak about “the different types of private businesses and their growth” on the island.
Behind Focus Cuba’s business consulting service is Philip Peters, president of the Cuba Research Center and an “advisor” for members of Congress and the Senate who have traveled to Cuba. Also involved is Paul Johnson, president of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba.
Cuban activist Magdiel Jorge Castro shared images of some of the businessmen who are at the conference, among them Cuban American Hugo Cancio.
“The faces of shamelessness and complicity with Cuba’s state terrorism and its human rights violations,” said entrepreneur Saily Gonzalez Velazquez, commenting on the businessmen who appear in the photo.
Continue reading (in Spanish) HERE.
Right. Because filthy lucre talks, and of course, because HIJEPUTEZ.
And by the way, the foreign help is not implicit, but pretty explicit to anyone who cares to see it.