Castro’s Tugboat Massacre
By Humberto Fontova
CanadaFreePress.com
By Humberto Fontova
CanadaFreePress.com
In the predawn darkness of July 13, 1994, 72 desperate Cubans - old and young, male and female - sneaked aboard a decrepit but seaworthy tugboat in Havana harbor and set off for the U.S. and the prospect of freedom.
Let Jimmy Carter hail the "egalitarian society" fashioned by “his old friend, Fidel Castro,” let Jack Nicholson hail their captive homeland "a paradise!" Let Bonnie Raitt rasp out her ditty calling it a "Happy Little Island!" Let Ted Turner hail their slavemaster as a "Helluva guy!" Let Democratic party honcho Frank Mankiewics proclaim Castro "one of the most charming men I’ve ever met!" Let Michael Moore hail the glories of Cuba’s healthcare in Sicko. Let Barbara Walters add gravitas while soft-soaping Castro during an "interview": “you have brought great health to your country.” (In fact pre-Castro Cuba enjoyed lower infant-mortality rates and higher per-capita income than half of Europe.)
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Let Jimmy Carter hail the "egalitarian society" fashioned by “his old friend, Fidel Castro,” let Jack Nicholson hail their captive homeland "a paradise!" Let Bonnie Raitt rasp out her ditty calling it a "Happy Little Island!" Let Ted Turner hail their slavemaster as a "Helluva guy!" Let Democratic party honcho Frank Mankiewics proclaim Castro "one of the most charming men I’ve ever met!" Let Michael Moore hail the glories of Cuba’s healthcare in Sicko. Let Barbara Walters add gravitas while soft-soaping Castro during an "interview": “you have brought great health to your country.” (In fact pre-Castro Cuba enjoyed lower infant-mortality rates and higher per-capita income than half of Europe.)
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