>from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: Elian. US Gov't backs CANF/CIA attacks Cuba. Silence > © Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > > Hard-hitting truths > >WITH strong arguments and reasons put forward in many public rallies, >Cubans have not ceased to demand the return of six-year-old Elian >Gonzalez or an end to the blockade and the inhuman and hostile laws >which not only damage the sovereignty of Cuba but also the health of >its citizens. > >New evidence on the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), the >main force behind numerous plots and terrorist activities against >Cuba and the kidnapping of the child in Miami, was revealed by >researchers and journalists during a roundtable held on March 6 and >broadcast on national television. > >The origin of the CANF, which was linked from its very beginning to >Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterrevolutionary operations; >the criminal background of its members who belonged to Batista's >forces; its modus operandi of blackmail, corruption and intimidation; >as well as its hidden involvement in promoting terrorism, were >exposed in several commentaries. > >The early links between Jorge Mas Canosa, the first CANF president, >and the CIA were brought to light by journalist Reynaldo Taladrid >during his contribution to the discussion. > >Taladrid pointed out that Mas Canosa had links with George Bush when >the latter was a high-ranking CIA official, and that he took >advantage of this contact with a man who would later become vice >president and then president of the United States. > >He emphasized that the source of the wealth enjoyed today by >individuals belonging to the Miami mafia is precisely in money >laundering linked to drugs, defrauding the U.S. government and funds >raised for supposed invasions of Cuba, among other criminal >activities. > >The CANF possesses an eloquent pedigree and a fat and impressive >dossier of terrorist activities, the panelists recalled. This did not >escape the attention of even the editors of El Nuevo Herald, who on >one occasion received death threats, and the newspaper's distribution >points were dynamited, because the Spanish-language daily criticized >Mas Canosa. > >TERRORIST AND MERCENARY > >At the roundtable, there was also discussion of the Foundation's >hidden activities. It was mentioned that in his book Los caminos del >guerrero (The Way of the Warrior), confirmed terrorist Luis Posada >Carriles admits having ties to that organization and to having >received CANF money for his attacks on Cuba. > >The genesis of the Cuban-American counterrevolutionary >organizations' mercenary and terrorist actions lies in the fact that >successive U.S. administrations financed and organized those >activities, and even backed confessed killers like Posada Carriles >and Orlando Bosch, who were responsible for the sabotage of the >Cubana airliner in October 1976, taking the lives of 73 persons. > >In the first years of the Revolution, radio stations broadcasting >subversive propaganda were established, attempts to infiltrate Cuban >territory took place, and counterrevolutionary actions and >assassination attempts were prepared with the consent of the White >House. In the first three years of the Revolution, hundreds of >terrorist attacks were perpetrated. > >Starting in 1959, recruitment began among the so-called exile >community in Florida for the creation of a political front which >would serve as a fa*ade for U.S. interventionist plans, journalist >Nicanor Le-n Cotayo pointed out. > >With its defeat at the Bay of Pigs, Washington put into effect >Operation Mongoose, during which 30 attempts on the life of Fidel >Castro were prepared. In addition, more than 6,000 mercenaries were >trained in sabotage, counterinsurgency and other terrorist methods >which were later used against other revolutionary movements in Latin >America and around the world. All of this took place in only 16 >months. > >A conspiracy on the part of one federal agency such as the FBI >against another government institution such as the Immigration and >Naturalization Service is nothing new, Taladrid pointed out. > >In his commentary, the Cuban journalist stated that even within the >United States there are documents that point to the participation of >the CIA and Cuban counterrevolutionaries in the assassination of John >Kennedy. > >He reminded the audience that at that time there was a conspiracy >between the CIA and the U.S. Mafia to kill the Cuban president. > >THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS MONEY > >Martha Sojo of Bohemia magazine stated that the case of Elian >Gonzalez is trapped in the electoral machinery of that country, where >the government says one thing and does another and where four >presidential candidates have declared that the boy should stay to >live in the United States. Without a doubt, winning votes and making >money is at the basis of those statements. Suffice it to say that the >Cuban American National Foundation gave out $500,000 USD to >candidates Bush and Gore. "Among both Democrats and Republicans, the >U.S. government is money." > >ELIAN WILL RETURN > >From the youngest members of the society, faith in Elian's quick >return could be felt in the songs, verses and poetry of children >firmly demanding his return and their place in the battle for >justice, decency and dignity. > >Fifth-grade student Lauren San Juan stated that Elian would return, >"because he was born in Cuba and has every right to grow up here, to >fly his kite in our immense blue sky, to walk among the shadows of >the palm trees and to salute the flag with the single star every >morning." > >"What would be my destiny in a country like the one where our brother >is being held?" asked visually impaired student Ricardo Lugo Cepero >at a rally in which children with physical disabilities demanded >Elian's return to Cuba. > >Angel Pl Cisneros proclaimed, "What the Revolution has meant to us >and the possibilities we have been given are hard-hitting truths that >cannot be erased like words from a blackboard." JC > > ************** > © Copyright GRANMA INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION. La Havana. Cuba > > Criminal consequences of a law > >* Analysis of the U.S. Cuban Adjustment Act >* Blockade and sabotage of domestic trade affects the population >* Testimonies concerning the impact on maritime, railroad and >automobile transportation > >BY MIREYA CASTA“EDA (Granma International staff writer) > >DR. Jesus Arboleya, an expert on migratory problems, analyzed U.S. >policy in relation to Cuban immigration,in particular its exceptional >nature over the last 40 years. > >During his appearance before the civil and administrative section of >the People's Provincial Court in City of Havana, Arboleya reflected >how "emigrating is not a crime," and that the issue is how it has >been used against Cuba by the United States. > >His testimony was part of the body of evidence presented in the case >of the Cuban peopleÕs lawsuit against the U.S. government for >economic damages (calculated at $121 billion USD). > >His ample exposition included a historical outline of world migration >during this century to the United States, a country perceived as a >land of immigrants. > >In relation to Cuba, he discussed emigration to that country in the >19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, when only >some 150,000 Cubans were able to enter legally. > >He related that, from the Õ60s onwards, in line with a proposal by >President Dwight Eisenhower, the U.S. government moved toward a >policy of opening up to the maximum to Cuban immigrants, and >described the various layers of society that emigrated over the last >40 years, beginning with members of the Batista dictatorship, the >upper classes and professionals. > >Regarding that early stage, Arboleya highlighted Operation Peter Pan, >which took more than 14,000 children from the island, spurred on by a >CIA-inspired lie that that state would deny parents custody of their >children. He then summarized other kinds of migration with varying >characteristics. > >Much emphasis was placed on the Cuban Adjustment Act, which, the >expert witness noted, legalized the CubansÕ migratory status, >permitting their naturalization and, with that, eliminating the >refugee program, which had become very expensive for the U.S. >government and was in fact canceled. > >The unique aspect of that Cuban Adjustment Act is that it does not >have any time limit and concedes automatic asylum to anyone who >touches U.S. soil. > >"That policy," Arboleya explained, "is giving rise to a new type >of occupation, that of people smuggling, as it is not possible to >reach the U.S. coast on precarious rafts. Previously, those >attempting that crossing could be picked up by safer embarkations and >even by the U.S. Coast Guard if they were intercepted, but now they >must be returned in line with the Cuban-U.S. migratory agreements of >1994. > >That trafficking of persons has become extremely dangerous and thus, >the Cuban Adjustment Act has criminal consequences, by inciting >emigration that could cost lives. "The case of the child Eliýn >Gonzýlez is dramatic proof of this." > >The expert witness concluded that the case of Cubans cannot be >compared with other heavily persecuted illegal *migr* groups and, in >this context, referred to the situation along the Mexican border, >where a even wall has been raised, and guards are equipped with the >most modern devices for tracking persons. > >"The fact is that the problem of illegal immigration is perceived >by Washington as fundamental to its national security," Arboleya >affirmed, "and the exceptional nature of the Cuban case is solely >justified by the existence of other interests; in other words, >actions against the Cuban Revolution." > >Throughout the March 5 session of the hearing, Presiding Judge >Rafael Dujarric Hart authorized as evidence the showing of two >documentary films, one demonstrating terrorist attacks on the >merchant marine and the other on illegal exits. > >Another expert witness, Amador del Valle from the Ministry of >Transportation, gave evidence on damages and sabotage totaling more >than $1.5 billion USD in the maritime, railroad and automobile >sphere. > >Judges Ana Maria Avejo and Ismay Castaneda requested the key elements >of statements from some of the nine witnesses to acts of sabotage >against stores selling industrial items and food products in urban >and rural areas (the lawsuit cites hundreds) which directly impacted >on the population's welfare. " JC > > ************** >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >subject: US -Silence of the Candidates >X-From_: cubasi-return-3463- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Mar 13 Delivered-To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Change Links" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 12 Mar [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Cuba SI] Cuba and the 2000 Election Campaign >Here are four paragraphs from a much longer essay by Howard Zinn, >author of THE PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES and other works. > >Campaign 2000: The Silence Of The Candidates > Is What I Want To Talk About by Howard Zinn > >Every day, as the soggy rhetoric of the Presidential candidates >accumulates into an enormous pile of solid waste, we get more and >more evidence of the failure of the American political system. The >candi- dates for the job of leader of the most powerful country in >the world have nothing important to say. On domestic issues, they >offer platitudes about health care and Social Security and taxes, >which are meaningless given the record of both political parties. And >on foreign policy, utter silence. > >That silence is what I want to talk about. > >We pretend we care about "democracy" in Cuba --we who have supported >dictatorships all over Latin America for 100 years and in Cuba itself >until Fidel Castro came to power. Truth is, we cannot bear the >thought that Castro for forty years has defied us, refusing to pay us >the homage to which we are accustomed in this hemisphere. Castro has >spurned the invitation to become a member of the world capitalist >club, and that is, evidently, unforgivable. And so we impose an >embargo on Cuba and make its people suffer. > >Which candidate, Democrat or Republican, has had the decency to speak >out on this embargo, and on the deprivation it has caused for the >children of Cuba? What meaning has the phrase "human rights" if >people are denied the necessities of life? > >[full text available below] > http://www.commondreams.org/views/030800-106.htm > Cuba SI: http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi/ Imperialism NO! >Venceremos! Information and discussion about Cuba. Discussion of the >path of Ernesto Che Guevara. " JC > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
