On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Jim Devine wrote:
> Of course, the US (and especially the anti-Castro Cubans of Miami) wants to
> bring back the "good old days" of the 1950s, with the anti-Castro Cubans
> replacing Batista and the mafia.
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> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://liberalarts.lmu.edu/~jdevine
This I think is a tad off the mark in this year of our Lord 2000. The
anti-Castro Miami mafia is on its way to becoming the next Noriegaized
group if it is not careful. The reaction from the mainstream press to
their hope to order US policy makers re: how to deal with the Elian
problem would indicate to me that the US is not at all convinced that this
group has the stuff to be a desirable option to Castro. They don't seem to
appreciate their dispensability, a key idea elites in developing
nation-states are expected to accept before receiving US and (critically)
international financial organizations' 'aid'...
Nota bene the way the INS basically forced Elian's would-be "Miami family'
to deliver him to the nunnery to meet with the grandparents on the
latters' terms. Someday it will be interesting to find out just exactly
what the exchange between INS officials and the Cuban exile community that
led the boy to be brought to that nunnery. They were not at all happy
about the idea.
Recent NYT articles about the criminal records of the family in Miami also
indicate that the US is not interested in dealing putting the same clowns
who ran Cuba prior to Batista's fall. For all the wrong reasons of course,
but...
Steve
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