It is a book for learning Spanish aimed at little kids called "Vamos a
Cuba." It apparently fails to condemn Castro.

http://www.nbc6.net/news/9372276/detail.html

I couldn't help but laugh at the problems this book supposedly has

A sentence describing the Cuban July 26 holiday on July 26 as
''carnaval,'' the island's largest festival, marked by singing and
dancing. Opponents said the day is solely a commemoration of Fidel
Castro's revolution, never referred to as ``carnaval'' and is centered
around speeches, not parties.

• A page that describes paintings on rocks in a Cuban valley, which the
book says were ''made by people who lived in Cuba about 1,000 years ago.''
Opponents said the paintings were made in the 1960s.

• A section on food mentions white rice as the most common food and arroz
con pollo as a favorite dish, but does not discuss Cuba's shortages and
strict rationing.

• A section on Cuban people mentions Catholics and Africans who arrived on
the island, but ignores Cuba's indigenous people.

• In the photo on the book's cover, the children are dressed in the
uniform of the Pioneers, a Communist Party organization to which all Cuban
students must belong.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14820741.htm

We all know that the Cuban exiles in Miami care more about indigenous
cubans than anyone else!

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