The House of Representatives may debate the funding for
When the GAO report on these programs was issued, four prominent dissidents – Martha Beatriz Roque, Gidela Delgado, Elizardo Sanchez, and Vladimiro Roca – issued a statement. (English here, original here.)
They thought that some parts of the GAO report were taken out of context, and they expressed support for
They expressed hope that “a greater amount of aid may reach the pro-democracy activists to advance with greater speed in pursuit of the economic, political, and social liberty of our country.”
And while they support the U.S. government aid program, they also called for “elimination of a series of existing restrictions on the sending of aid and travel to Cuba, which don’t at all help the pro-democracy struggle that we are carrying out inside our country.”
The statement did not go over well in
Not that it’s my business, but that seems an unusual political position to project in
3 comments:
You're right. "Travel for me but not for thee" is a difficult stance to support on either side of the Straits.
I think you're not right.
http://ultimosdiasfidel.blogspot.com/2007/06/cuban-triangle-lleva-varios-das.html
Well, that just takes the cake. End the travel ban, but only for those bringing lovely cashmere sweaters, chocolates, and game boys for the "fight" for democracy. Of course, dissidents are special people, and you can just throw out the everyday Cuban in the street with the bathwater. That's a democracy movement I can live without.
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