peter bohmer : present and future: the cuban revolution.



"cuba's survival in the face of the u.s. attempt to destroy the cuban revolution is a great achievement as is cuba's continuing to provide for the basic needs of its population. for example, every single person in cuba has free dental and eye care. every person in cuba with aids gets free, high-quality retroviral drugs.



our responsibility as u.s. residents is to stop the criminal embargo/blockade against cuba that is being waged by the u.s. government in our name. for 45 years, the people in power in the united states have been unwilling to accept a sovereign, independent cuba. that is the main reason behind the past and present immoral and illegal u.s. actions against cuba; we have the responsibility to change u.s. policy.



during our six weeks in cuba, we were all impressed by how well we were treated and received by the cuban people and government who consider the u.s. people, but not the u.s. government as their friends. it is up to us to make the difference between the people of the u.s. and our government greater, to make our government's aggression against cuba so unpopular in the united states that it is forced to accept cuban sovereignty."



hear, hear.

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i holidayed in cuba earlier this year and i have never met such warm, friendly people, never seen a government work so hard to improve the lot of its citizens, never seen such superb medicine offered in what is still, essentially, a country with a third-world economy.



long live the revolution. long live fidel. long live a free cuba.