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Members of Congressional Black Caucus Meet With Fidel Castro – Call for End of Travel Ban
Three members of Congressional Black Caucus met with Fidel Castro today after a group of seven CBC members traveled to Cuba. They are calling for an end to the US ban travel to Cuba. According to the Politico:
“The fifty-year embargo just hasn’t worked,” CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Ca.) told reporters this evening at a Capitol press conference after returning from a congressional delegation visit to Cuba. “The bottom line is that we believe its time to open dialogue with Cuba.”
More from Fidel Castro; Reflections of Comrade Fidel
Fidel Castro released an article called “Reflections of Comrade Fidel” in which he seems to be telling Cuban officials he’s done, do whatever you want.
According to an article by Niko Price:
The 82-year-old Cuban leader suggested his days are numbered, saying Cuban officials “shouldn’t feel bound by my occasional Reflections, my state of health or my death.”
“I have reduced the Reflections as I had planned this year, so I won’t interfere or get in the way of the (Communist) Party or government comrades in the constant decisions they must make,” he wrote.
Castro on Obama:
“The intelligent and noble face of the first black president of the United States … had transformed itself under the inspiration of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King into a living symbol of the American dream,” he wrote.
Castro praised Obama as honest, writing: “No one could doubt the sincerity of his words when he affirms that he will convert his country into a model of freedom, respect for human rights in the world and the independence of other nations.”
Looks like “Change” is happening in Cuba too.
Fidel Castro Watches Obama Inauguration – Obama Orders Guantanamo Closed
Fidel Castro has emerged for a meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez in which he commented on Obama after watching the Inauguration. According to Fernandez, “Castro believes in Obama”. From the Yahoo article:
“I personally did not have the slightest doubt about the honesty of Obama, the 11th president since Jan. 1, 1959, when he expresses his ideas,” Castro said he told Fernandez.
As to the health of the Bearded One:
Raul Castro said “Do you think if he were really gravely ill that I’d be smiling here?”. “Soon I’m going to take a trip to Europe. You guys think I could leave here if Fidel were really in grave condition?”
Guantanamo
As expected, Barack Obama signed three executive orders dealing with Guantanamo, detention policy options and ensuring lawful detentions.
While most people including Defense Secretary Bob Gates agree that detainees need to be removed from Guantanamo, nobody has a clear answer what should be done with those very dangerous people.