Guillermo Fariñas, on hunger strike since Feb. 24, said he has received information that Cuban dictator has given orders to let him die.
To which Fariñas responded in a letter to Castro: "Thank you."
"I
appreciate your letting me die before national and international public opinion for my pro-democracy ideas," the letter states.
"The
fact that you believe that my death is necessary for me is an honor."
Raul Castro, of course, has no clue about the honor of which Fariñas writes.
That may doom Fariñas', as neither side of this confrontation has indicated they are willing to budge from their positions.
Fariñas wants some two dozen political prisoners who are seriously ill released from the gulag, and Castro cannot afford letting the principles and ideals Fariñas represents to prevail in Cuba if he wants to survive in power.
I know the odds are against Fariñas, but his courage and willingness to take on his opponent head-on like this are proof enough that regardless of his hunger strike ends, he has already won.
Read the latest reports on Farinas' protest here and here.
UPDATED, 3:40 p.m. EST — Reporters Without Borders asks Spain to intervene to save Fariñas' life, and for the Castro dictatorship to release all imprisoned journalists from its gulag.
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